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29 Sep 2011

Helsinn Healthcare & Riemser Arzneimittel Expand Licensing Agreement

Helsinn Healthcare and Riemser Arzneimittel signed an agreement to grant marketing rights in Germany to Riemser for a next-generation treatment in development for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

Swiss pharmaceutical company Helsinn Healthcare and German specialty pharmaceutical company Riemser Arzneimittel have announced their agreement  to grant marketing rights in Germany to Riemser for a next-generation treatment in development for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV).

 

Riemser is the German licensee of Helsinn’s second-generation 5-HT3 receptor antagonist palonosetron.

 

The new product is a fixed-dose combination (in both oral and IV forms) containing netupitant, a neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor antagonist, and palonosetron.

 

According to the agreement, Helsinn will handle all development activit

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