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Article: Sepracor Inc. and Eisai Co. Ltd. Announce Partnership for Development and Commercialization of LUNESTA(R) in Japan.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- July 27, 2007
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* Collaboration is the first partnership for expansion of the LUNESTA([R]) brand eszopiclone franchise outside of U.S.
* Eisai to complete development of eszopiclone in Japan and will have exclusive marketing rights to the product for the Japanese market
* Submission of Japanese marketing application targeted for 2010/2011
* Japanese insomnia market estimated at approximately $500 million in 2006
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) today announced an agreement with Eisai Co. Ltd. for the development and commercialization of Sepracor's eszopiclone product, which is known in the U.S. by the brand name LUNESTA, for the ...