SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNTS), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced positive top-line results from a second Phase III clinical study evaluating the safety and efficacy of budesonide MMX® for the induction of remission of mild or moderate active ulcerative colitis. The study results show that budesonide MMX 9 mg taken once daily met the primary endpoint of superiority to placebo (p=0.0047) in achieving clinical remission as measured by the ulcerative colitis disease activity index (UCDAI) score after eight weeks of treatment. This second budesonide MMX Phase III clinical study was conducted in Europe in collaboration with Cosmo Technologies Ltd., a subsidiary of Cosmo Pharmaceuticals.
