CombinatoRx, Incorporated (CRXX) and Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Announce Posting of Briefing Documents for FDA Advisory Committee

9/22/2009 9:11:03 AM

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CombinatoRx, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CRXX) and Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted on its website briefing documents for the September 23, 2009 joint meeting of its Anesthetics and Life Support Advisory Committee and its Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. At the meeting, the committees will review and discuss Neuromed’s New Drug Application (NDA) for Exalgo™ (hydromorphone HCI extended release) tablets seeking FDA approval for the management of moderate to severe pain in opioid tolerant patients requiring continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesia for an extended period of time.

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