Positive study results for OX27
Uppsala - December 20, 2011 - Orexo AB (STO: ORX) has obtained positive results in a pharmacokinetic study with the OX27 project. The study was conducted on healthy subjects, with the aim to demonstrate that OX27 has the potential for more flexible dosing than fentanyl based products. OX27 is a sublingual (under the tongue) tablet, developed to improve the treatment of breakthrough pain in cancer patients. The recently completed study shows that the active pharmaceutical ingredient has a rapid absorption into, and elimination from, plasma. This means that OX27 potentially can be dosed in