NicOx and Valeant's glaucoma candidate Vesneo meets Ph III endpoint

25 September 2014
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Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s (TSX: VRX) wholly-owned subsidiary, Bausch + Lomb, and France’s NicOx (NYSE Euronext Paris: COX) have reported positive top-line results from the pivotal Phase III studies conducted with Vesneo (latanoprostene bunod; previously known as BOL-303259-X and NCX 116) for the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

Vesneo is a novel nitric oxide-donating prostaglandin F2-alpha analog licensed by NicOx to Bausch+Lomb. These studies met their primary endpoint and showed positive results on a number of secondary endpoints.

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