Circassia Enter $35.7 Million Deal for US/China Rights to Neo-Natal Drug

Published on: Jan 24, 2019
Author: Amy Liu

Circassia Pharma, an Oxford UK respiratory disease company, entered a $32.7 million agreement to acquire US and China marketing rights for AirNOvent, a nitric oxide product developed by US-based AIT Therapeutics. AirNOvent is a ventilator compatible nitric oxide product that is administered for respiratory failure associated with persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborns (PPHN). AIT, which also intends to seeks a second indication for AirNOvent, expects to apply for US approval of the product in Q2 2019, with market launch in 2020.

Source: China Biotoday

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