Auxilium Announces Licensing Agreement With PharmaForm

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and markets products for urologic and sexual health, has signed an additional licensing agreement with PharmaForm. Under the terms of the agreement, Auxilium will receive exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing rights to develop, manufacture and market eight analgesic compounds using a proprietary, transmucosal film technology for the management of acute and chronic pain. The compounds to be developed include opioids as well as other types of analgesics.

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