CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB:EMIS) today announced study results demonstrating that a single dose of the novel oral parathyroid hormone PTH1-34, which utilizes Emisphere’s proprietary Eligen® Drug Delivery Technology and absorption-enhancer carrier molecule 5-CNAC, achieved potentially therapeutically relevant exposure and safety profiles to those of the currently available injectable formulation in healthy postmenopausal women. The results, from a single-center, partially blinded, incomplete cross-over study conducted by Emisphere’s partner Novartis Pharma AG, were presented Monday, October 19, 2009 in a poster session at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Philadelphia.
