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- noun pharmacology A particular
narcotic painkiller .
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Adolor's first approved product in the United States is ENTEREG® alvimopan, which is indicated to accelerate the time to upper and lower gastrointestinal recovery following partial large or small bowel resection surgery with primary anastomosis.
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Farmer said many analysts had been skeptical of methylnaltrexone's ability to compete with alvimopan.
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RBC Capital Markets analyst Michael J. Yee said he also expects Adolor's alvimopan to have to wait for approval until 2009.
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Adolor and partner GlaxoSmithKline announced its alvimopan treatment, which is competitive to Progenics' methylnaltrexone, only met its endpoint in one phase III trial but not in the other.
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But with the help of Progenics' partner, Wyeth, Farmer said methylnaltrexone should get to market around the same time as alvimopan.
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Wachovia Securities analyst George Farmer, in a note to investors Tuesday, said the disappointing alvimopan results represent "a major setback" and will delay the companies' new drug application filing by at least one year, opening the door for methylnaltrexone.
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Adolor shares dropped sharply last week after the company and partner GlaxoSmithKline announced disappointing clinical trial data for an experimental bowel treatment alvimopan.
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Net product sales of ENTEREG® (alvimopan) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were
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Adolor's first approved product in the United States is ENTEREG® (alvimopan), which is indicated to accelerate the time to upper and lower gastrointestinal recovery following partial large or small bowel resection surgery with primary anastomosis.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Entereg (alvimopan) today to accelerate the restorati ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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