NOVATO, Calif., Feb. 15, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (“Raptor” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:RPTP), today announced it has reopened enrollment in its Phase 3 clinical trial of its proprietary delayed-release oral formulation of cysteamine bitartrate (“DR Cysteamine”) in patients with nephropathic cystinosis (“cystinosis”). The pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial is designed as a study of the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (“PK”) and pharmacodynamics (“PD”) of DR Cysteamine compared with immediate-release cysteamine bitartrate.