Esteve launches first inhaled rescue treatment for Parkinson's OFF periods

11 March 2023

Spanish privately owned drugmaker Esteve says it has now obtained pricing and financing for an inhaled treatment for OFF periods in Parkinson's disease, which it launched on the Spanish market in mid-February 2023.

Inbrija (levodopa inhalation powder) is the first and indeed only orally inhaled therapy to be indicated for the intermittent treatment of the OFF episodes. Introduced in Spain by Esteve, this advance further strengthens the company's commitment to therapeutic innovation in the neurosciences.

Esteve licensed rights to Inbrija 0in 2021 from the USA’s Acorda Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ACOR), which will receive a significant double-digit percent of the selling price of the drug in Spain in exchange for supply of the product. Esteve last year launched the product in Germany.

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