Diurnal Nears Market With Novel Adrenal Insufficiency Products
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Two potential orphan drugs developed by the UK's newly public endocrinology speciality company, Diurnal Group, are in Phase III clinical trials, and the first of these, Infacort (immediate-release hydrocortisone) for pediatric patients with insufficient levels of the chemically-related essential hormone cortisol, could be approved in its first markets within 18 months, by the end of 2017.
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