Risedronic acid - AbbVie
Alternative Names: Acrel; Actonel; Actonel Combi; Actonel plus Calcium; Actonel with Calcium; Atelvia; Benet; NE-58095; NE-58095NF; Optinate; Optinate Septimum; Ribastamin; Risedronate; Risedronate sodium; Sodium risedronate hydrate; WC3051Latest Information Update: 05 Nov 2023
At a glance
- Originator Procter & Gamble
- Developer AbbVie; Ajinomoto; Procter & Gamble; Sanofi; Takeda
- Class Bisphosphonates; Calcium regulators; Osteoporosis therapies; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Bone resorption factor inhibitors; HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis; Male osteoporosis; Osteitis deformans; Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal osteoporosis
- Discontinued Osteogenesis imperfecta
Most Recent Events
- 08 May 2020 Allergan has been acquired and merged into AbbVie
- 10 May 2017 Development of risedronic acid discontinued at phase II/III for Osteoporosis in Japan (PO,new tablet formulation) during 2016 (Takeda FY2016 results, May 2017)
- 23 Mar 2015 Discontinued - Phase-III for Osteogenesis imperfecta (In children) in USA, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Spain and the UK (PO, tablet)