Long-term efficacy and safety of once-daily mesalazine granules for the treatment of active ulcerative colitis
In 1977, 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) was discovered as a therapeutically active moiety of sulfasalazine (SASP) and was launched for topical and oral therapy of ulcerative colitis (UC) in 1984. As a first-step, delivery systems had to be developed to protect 5-ASA against absorption in the upper ga...
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Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181447/ |