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    Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2008 Oct;9(10):1108-15.

    Dexlansoprazole, a modified release formulation of an enantiomer of lansoprazole, for the treatment of reflux esophagitis.

    Fock KM, Ang TL.

    Changi General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, 2 Simei Street 3, 529889, Singapore. kwong_ming_fock@cgh.com.sg

    Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd is developing dexlansoprazole, an oral controlled-release formulation of an enantiomer of lansoprazole, for the treatment of reflux esophagitis. By January 2008, an NDA for gastric acid-related diseases had been filed with the FDA, and the drug was undergoing phase II trials in Japan for gastroesophageal reflux disease.

    PMID: 18821474 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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