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Valeant’s Oral Relistor Poised To Face-Off Against AstraZeneca’s Movantik

 
• By Jessica Merrill

FDA approval of the first oral form of Valeant’s mu-opioid receptor antagonist Relistor will pit the franchise against Movantik for the treatment of patients with opioid-induced constipation with non-cancer pain.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s new oral version of the mu-opioid receptor antagonist Relistor (methylnaltrexone) was approved by FDA for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in adults with chronic non-cancer pain, pitting the franchise against AstraZeneca PLC’s similar product Movantik (naloxegol).

Valeant announced the approval of its supplemental New Drug Application July 19 after market close, the same day FDA’s Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee recommended approval of the company’s Siliq (brodalumab) for plaque psoriasis (Also see "

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