Tarsa Therapeutics completes patient enrollment in Phase III ORACAL trial of oral calcitonin

Jul 23 2010

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: UGNE, http://www.unigene.com) today noted that Tarsa Therapeutics has completed patient enrollment in the Phase III ORACAL trial of Tarsa's oral calcitonin product for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Unigene licensed the product to Tarsa and owns 26% of the company.

The ORACAL study is a multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III trial designed to enroll approximately 550 patients. Tarsa also announced that the independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) for the ORACAL trial has completed two separate safety reviews of patient data and recommended that the trial proceed as planned.