The Medicines Company and SciClone partner for cardiovasculars in China

19 December 2014

US drugmaker The Medicines Company (Nasdaq: MDCO) and SciClone Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SCLN), a USA-based, China focused specialty pharmaceutical company, have established a strategic partnership for two cardiovascular products in China.

The partnership includes an agreement granting SciClone a license and the exclusive rights in China to promote two TMC products:

Angiomax (bivalirudin) for Injection, an anticoagulant indicated in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with provisional use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (GPI) and in patients with, or at risk of, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome (HIT/HITTS) undergoing PCI. A Phase III registration trial was completed in China and is currently under review by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) for marketing approval.
Cleviprex (clevidipine) Injectable Emulsion, a third-generation dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker indicated for the reduction of blood pressure when oral therapy is not feasible or desirable. The clinical trial application (CTA) for China was filed in 2013.

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