Tarsa Completes Phase III Oral Calcitonin Trial

Tarsa Therapeutics, Inc. has completed its global Phase III ORACAL trial with once-daily oral recombinant calcitonin for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Tarsa Therapeutics, Inc. has completed its global Phase III ORACAL trial with once-daily oral recombinant calcitonin for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. The multinational, randomized, double-blind, active and placebo-controlled Phase III trial enrolled 565 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Calcitonin, an anti-resorptive agent, has been shown to help maintain bone mass by acting on osteoclasts to limit bone resorption. Tarsa has also initiated a new Phase II study of oral c...

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