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16-01-2012: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and UCB announced that the companies have agreed to focus their collaboration on the therapeutic area of Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders and to discontinue their collaboration in immunology. The companies will end their co-development and co-promotion agreement for certolizumab pegol in Japan followed by an agreed upon transition period.

UCB is preparing to file certolizumab pegol for marketing authorisation with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in the first quarter of 2012. Positive Japanese study results, showing that certolizumab pegol was associated with significant inhibition of structural joint damage progression and significant improvements in physical function compared to placebo, were published at the recent American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting.1

The decision to discontinue its collaboration in immunology is in line with Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s clear priorities to focus in the future on CNS and oncology in its pharmaceutical business.

In December 2011, Otsuka Pharmaceutical filed rotigotine for marketing authorisation in Japan with the MHLW for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome. In 2010, E Keppra® (levetiracetam), was approved and launched in Japan for the adjunctive treatment of partial onset seizures in adults with epilepsy which offers many patients a new option of treatment.

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