IntelGenx and Aquestive Therapeutics Partner with Leading Men’s Health Company to Market Tadalafil Oral Films in the U.S.
09/29/2021 - 04:30 PM
SAINT LAURENT, Quebec, Sept. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IntelGenx Corp. (TSXV:IGX) (OTCQB:IGXT) (“IntelGenx”) today announced that its co-development and commercialization partner for Tadalafil oral films for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (“ED”) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (the “Product”), Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQST) (“Aquestive”), has entered into a definitive license and supply agreement (the “Agreement”) with an undisclosed leading men’s health company.
“Securing this commercial partnership is a significant milestone in our innovative collaboration with Aquestive, and represents another major step toward achieving our mutual goal of making Tadalafil oral films available to men suffering from ED and BPH,” commented Dr. Horst G. Zerbe, CEO of IntelGenx.
About Aquestive Therapeutics
Aquestive Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company that applies innovative technology to solve therapeutic problems and improve medicines for patients. The Company has commercialized one internally-developed proprietary product to date, Sympazan® (clobazam) oral film, has a commercial proprietary product pipeline focused on the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system, or CNS, and other unmet needs, and is developing orally administered complex molecules to provide alternatives to invasively administered standard of care therapies. The Company also collaborates with other pharmaceutical companies to bring new molecules to market using proprietary, best-in-class technologies, like PharmFilm® , and has proven capabilities for drug development and commercialization.
About IntelGenx
IntelGenx is a leading drug delivery company focused on the development and manufacturing of pharmaceutical films.
IntelGenx’s superior film technologies, including VersaFilm® , DisinteQ™, VetaFilm™ and transdermal VevaDerm™, allow for next generation pharmaceutical products that address unmet medical needs. IntelGenx’s innovative product pipeline offers significant benefits to patients and physicians for many therapeutic conditions.
IntelGenx's highly skilled team provides comprehensive pharmaceuticals services to pharmaceutical partners, including R&D, analytical method development, clinical monitoring, IP and regulatory services. IntelGenx's state-of-the-art manufacturing facility offers full service by providing lab-scale to pilot- and commercial-scale production. For more information, visit www.intelgenx.com .
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