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FDA Approves IND for Elite Pharmaceuticals Abuse-Resistant Oxycodone Product.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 26-MAY-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
NORTHVALE, N.J., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Elite" or the "Company") announced that the FDA has approved the Company's investigational new drug ("IND") application for its abuse-resistant oxycodone product. This product utilizes Elite's proprietary abuse-resistant technology ("ART(TM)"), incorporating an opioid antagonist designed to discourage and reduce abuse of narcotic analgesic medications by making the product more difficult to abuse when crushed, damaged or otherwise manipulated.

Elite is committed to developing narcotic analgesic products with reduced potential of abuse. Its abuse resistance technology incorporates an opioid antagonist with an agonist on the same formulation in such a way that when administered as an intact product,...

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