Zalicus Inc.’ Z160 Receives Orphan Drug Designation for the Management of Postherpetic Neuralgia

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zalicus Inc. (Nasdaq Capital Market: ZLCS), a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops novel treatments for patients suffering from pain, today announced that Z160, its first-in-class, oral, state-dependent, selective N-type calcium channel (Cav 2.2) modulator in development for chronic neuropathic pain has received Orphan Drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the management of postherpetic neuralgia. Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a painful neuropathic condition resulting from an outbreak of the herpes zoster virus, otherwise known as shingles.

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