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Stada Launches Lecigon In Germany And Austria

Value-Added Parkinson's Disease Treatment Rolled Out In Continental Europe

 
• By Dave Wallace

Stada is kicking off the launch of its Lecigon gel in continental Europe by rolling out the value-added product – which combines levodopa, carbidopa and entacapone infused via a lightweight pump – in Germany and Austria.

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The product is initially being rolled out in Germany and Austria • Source: Shutterstock

Stada has begun the roll-out of its Lecigon (levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone) infusion pump product in continental Europe, starting in Germany and Austria. The value-added treatment for Parkinson’s disease – which was gained through Stada’s acquisition of Sweden’s Lobsor Pharmaceuticals last year – had already been launched in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland ahead of the deal. (Also see "Stada Strikes Deals With Lobsor And MediPharm" - Generics Bulletin, 8 October, 2020.)

“Sweden acted as the reference member state in a European decentralized marketing authorisation procedure in which Austria and Germany participated as concerned member states, as did Belgium, Denmark,

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