Clinic Roundup

Santarus Inc., of San Diego, said analysis of top-line safety data from a 12-month extended-use study in patients treated daily with either budesonide MMX 6 mg or placebo showed a similar frequency of treatment-related adverse events for both groups (21 percent to 21.3 percent) and no clinically meaningful differences in the numbers of patients with abnormal bone mineral density scans at baseline and end of the study between the budesonide and placebo groups.