BioDelivery Sciences Hosts Live Webcast on FDA Approval of ONSOLIS
Event To Be Held Today, Friday, July 17, 2009, 10:00AM EST
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) will be hosting a live webcast today, Friday, July 17, 2009, at 10:00AM EST, regarding yesterday's approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market ONSOLISTM (fentanyl buccal soluble film), formerly referred to as BEMATM Fentanyl, for the management of breakthrough pain (BTP) in patients with cancer, eighteen years of age and older, who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain.
ONSOLIS is the first product to utilize BDSI's proprietary BioErodible MucoAdhesive (BEMA) drug delivery technology, which consists of a small, dissolvable, polymer film for application to the buccal mucosa (inner lining of the cheek).
BDSI invites all those interested in hearing management's discussion of ONSOLIS to join the call toll free by dialing (877) 407-8033. International participants may access the call by dialing (201) 689-8033. Participants may also access a live webcast of the conference call from the company's website at www.biodeliverysciences.com.
About BioDelivery Sciences International
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BDSI) is a specialty pharmaceutical company that is focused on developing innovative products to address growing market opportunities, including conditions such as pain. The company utilizes its owned and licensed patented drug delivery technologies to develop, partner, and commercialize new products using proven therapeutics. BDSI's pain franchise utilizes the Company's patented BEMA buccal soluble film technology and currently consists of: ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film) a treatment for "breakthrough" pain in opioid tolerant patients with cancer, and BEMA Buprenorphine, a second analgesic in development with at least one potential target indication for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. The company is working with its BEMA and Bioral technologies on products targeted at conditions common to oncology and surgical patients such as pain and infections. The company headquarters is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and its principal laboratory is located in Newark, New Jersey. For more information please visit www.biodeliverysciences.com.
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