China's National Medical Products Administration accepted the application of Beijing Centergate Technologies Holding's (SHE:000931) subsidiary, Beijing Huasu Pharmaceutical, to market extended-release oxycodone hydrochloride tablets, according to a Shenzhen Stock Exchange disclosure on Thursday.
The drug is used for the treatment of severe pain that requires long-term, continuous use of opioids, and when substitution therapies are not adequate to relieve the pain, the Chinese biomedicine and healthcare company said.
The company's shares closed 2% higher.