Jerini expects launch of Icatibant in third 2008 quarter

Jerini AG expects to launch its treatment for acute attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE), Icatibant, in Europe in the third quarter of 2008 following a positive opinion from the main scientific committee of the European Medicine Agency in April. The company expects to receive a marketing authorisation from the European Commission  in late June or early July, a spokeswoman told MedNous.