Helsinn and Pfizer Laboratories (Pty) Ltd Sign a License Agreement for the Marketing of Aloxi(R) in South Africa.

PR Newswire Europe, March, 2006

LUGANO, Switzerland and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Helsinn Healthcare SA, and Pfizer Laboratories (Pty) Ltd, announce the signing of an agreement granting Pfizer in South Africa, the exclusive license and distribution rights of Aloxi(R) (Palonosetron hydrochloride), a therapy for the prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy. Aloxi(R) will be launched in South Africa under the trade name Onicit(R).

Aloxi(R) is a potent and long-lasting antiemetic belonging to the second generation of serotonin (5-HT3) antagonists, the leading class for the prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy. Aloxi(R) showed a great efficacy during the acute and delayed phase after chemotherapy treatment as compared to other...

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