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AVANIR Announces Positive Outcome of Zenvia PK Study

Published in Medical Patent Business Week, June 13th, 2008

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVNR) reported a positive outcome of its large, formal pharmacokinetic (PK) study of its investigational drug Zenvia(TM) (dextromethorphan/quinidine (DM/Q)). The objective of the formal PK study was to support identification of an alternative dosing formulation of Zenvia designed to deliver similar efficacy as observed in the first Phase III clinical study in diabetic peripheral neuropathic (DPN) pain but with an improved safety and tolerability profile. The study achieved its goal of identifying a new Zenvia dosing regimen that provides a similar pharmacokinetic profile of the dextromethorphan component, an improved adverse event profile and a lower overall...

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