Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced the European launch of CORTIMENTMMX (budesonide) for active mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis.
The drug is the first and only approved oral, controlled-release budesonide treatment for UC patients when mesalazine treatment is not sufficient.
The company also released new data from the CONTRIBUTE trial that showed that adding CORTIMENTMMX 9 mg was significantly more effective than placebo at inducing combined clinical and endoscopic remission in UC patients experiencing a flare up despite oral mesalazine therapy.
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