Helsinn licenses BIAL for anamorelin distribution

8 September 2015

Switzerland-based cancer specialist Helsinn Group has entered into an exclusive distribution and license agreement with BIAL - Portela & Ca, one of the largest Iberian pharmaceutical companies, for the exclusive distribution and licence rights to anamorelin in Spain, Portugal, Angola and Mozambique.

Under the terms of the agreement, privately-held Helsinn retains all international regulatory and clinical development activities and the supply of anamorelin for commercial use. Portugal-based BIAL will be responsible for all distribution and marketing activities in the designated territories.

Anamorelin is a novel, once-daily, orally active ghrelin receptor agonist in development for the treatment of cancer anorexia-cachexia in patients suffering from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), an area of significant unmet medical need.

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