(Reuters) - Drugmaker Ventrus Biosciences Inc said its cream to treat anal fissures met the main goal of reducing pain in a late-stage trial, sending its shares up as much as 22 percent. The cream, ...

June 22, 2011 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved nitroglycerin ointment 0.4% (Rectiv, ProStrakan Group) for the treatment of moderate to severe pain associated with chronic anal ...

Medical therapy is an established first-line approach for the treatment of patients with chronic anal fissure; however, the efficacy of individual agents versus placebo remains to be proven in this ...

A digital rectal exam, which may be painful, may be needed if a definitive diagnosis of anal fissures cannot be made based on a patient’s history. 1 Anoscopy, which also may be painful, can be used to ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ventrus Biosciences, Inc. (VTUS) today announced top line efficacy and safety results from the second Phase 3 clinical trial of Diltiazem Hydrochloride 2% ...

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