Tuesday, 14 February 2017

RedHill Biopharma Announces Enrollment of Last Patient in BEKINDA® Phase III Study for Acute Gastroenteritis



TEL-AVIV, Israel,, Feb. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) (TASE:RDHL) (“RedHill” or the “Company”), a specialty biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development and commercialization of late clinical-stage, proprietary, orally-administered, small molecule drugs for gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases and cancer, today announced  enrollment of the last patient in the Phase III study with BEKINDA® 24 mg for the treatment of acute gastroenteritis and gastritis (the GUARD study).
The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III GUARD study with BEKINDA® 24 mg is conducted in 29 U.S. clinical sites and treated 320 adults and children over the age of 12 who suffered from acute gastroenteritis and gastritis. Top-line results are expected in the second quarter of 2017.
Robert A. Silverman, MD, MS, Emergency Medicine specialist at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical Center, and Associate Professor at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine in New York, is the lead investigator for the study.


SOURCE : RedHill Biopharma Ltd.

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