FDA gastrointestinal panel meeting scheduled for Salix's Xifaxan

A US FDA gastrointestinal drugs advisory meeting has been scheduled for February 23rd, 2010, to discuss Salix Pharmaceuticals' Xifaxan (rifaximin), which has been filed for maintenance of remission of hepatic encephalopathy.

A US FDA gastrointestinal drugs advisory meeting has been scheduled for February 23rd, 2010, to discuss Salix Pharmaceuticals' Xifaxan (rifaximin), which has been filed for maintenance of remission of hepatic encephalopathy.

The antibiotic has been available in the US since 2004, as Lumenax by Salix for the treatment of travellers' diarrhoea. It previously had a PDUFA date of December 24th, 2009,...

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