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Adolor discontinues sales force and reports other selected work force reductions

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 14th, 2007

Adolor Corp. (ADLR) announced it will disband its sales force of approximately 35 people and make other selected reductions to the company's work force.

The company established its sales force in early 2005 in anticipation of a product launch for Entereg (alvimopan) for the management of postoperative ileus later that year. The recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvable letter and subsequent delay to possible market entry for the company's lead product Entereg was the impetus for the decision. The sales force has been detailing GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) anti-thrombotic agent Arixtra under its co-promotion agreement with GSK, which expired on December 31,...

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