10/19/2020

Grünenthal has issued notice to AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to terminate the supply license agreement for Zalviso™.

8/26/2020

Grünenthal considers the outbreak and spread of Covid-19 (known as new coronavirus) to be a serious situation and fully recognises its responsibilities related to safeguarding the well-being and safety of our employees, ensuring an uninterrupted supply of our medicines for patients, and supporting communities with curbing the Covid-19 outbreak.

6/30/2020

Grünenthal issued notice to the European Commission (EC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to withdraw Zurampic® (lesinurad)¹ and Duzallo® (lesinurad and allopurinol, currently not marketed)² for the treatment of chronic hyperuricaemia in adults with gout, who have not achieved target serum uric acid levels with an adequate dose of a Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor (XOI) alone, from the market in Europe. Zurampic and Duzallo will not be marketed in Latin America.

6/24/2020

The German federal parliament adopted an amendment to the Contergan Foundation Act on 19 June 2020, whereby benefits to thalidomide victims, once granted, cannot be revoked. This includes the thalidomide pension, which is paid by the Contergan Foundation. Only in special cases, such as deliberate deception, is it possible to withdraw benefits.

7/1/2019

Grünenthal decided to discontinue its two ongoing Phase III clinical trials of Neridronate (KF7013-02 and KF7013-04) in patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). The clinical development program had foreseen to randomize 360 people with CRPS in these trials.