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ITF Pharma Plans October US Roll-Out Of Liquid Riluzole Formulation For ALS

 
• By Emily Hayes

Early engagement with US payers suggests openness to covering a liquid form of riluzole, because the tablet version is proven, but it's impossible to take for many ALS patients, says Italfarmaco subsidiary ITF Pharma.

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ITF Pharma, the US subsidiary of privately-held European specialty pharma Italfarmaco SPA, is gearing up to roll out Tiglutik – an easy-to-swallow liquid formulation of the mainstay amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) therapy riluzole – in mid-October in the US, following approval on Sept. 5.

The US FDA approved ITF Pharma's oral suspension formulation of riluzole – a treatment given twice daily using an oral syringe – for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease....

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