Zealand Pharma and Helsinn Healthcare SA Announce Helsinn’s Decision to Advance the Development of Elsiglutide into Phase IIb for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Diarrhea

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Copenhagen, Denmark and Lugano, Switzerland, 2013-05-28 11:16 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zealand Pharma A/S (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: ZEAL) (“Zealand”) and its partner, the Swiss pharmaceutical group Helsinn, a leading player in the cancer supportive care area, jointly announce that Helsinn has concluded a Phase IIa study with elsiglutide for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea in cancer patients, with positive results. Elsiglutide is a potent and selective glucagon-like-peptide-2 (GLP-2) receptor agonist invented by Zealand and licensed to Helsinn for the development and use in cancer supportive care.

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