Fidia Farmaceutici, an Italian company world leader in the research, development, formulation and commercialization of hyaluronic acid-based products, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug Designation for ONCOFID®-P for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma (MM), a rare and aggressive cancer with limited therapeutic options.
Sanofi has concluded an agreement to sell its anti-inflammatory drugs portfolio to Italian company Fidia Farmaceutici to streamline established products.
Fidia Farmaceutici S.p.A., a world leader in the research, development and manufacturing of hyaluronic acid-based products and its wholly owned subsidiary, Fidia Pharma USA Inc., introduce in the US, TRILURON™ (sodium hyaluronate).
Production has begun at a BASF facility in Germany to help feed the growth in pharma demand for specialty amines.