They say good things come in threes, which is true for Aratana Therapeutics Inc. The Leawood-based animal health company has filed an administrative New Animal Drug Application with the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine for the drug Nocita. In just the past few months, the company received FDA approvals for the drugs Galliprant and Entyce. Galliprant, which aims to help control the pain and inflammation in dogs with osteoarthritis, received approval in March. Entyce, a flavored, oral liquid prescription that helps stimulate appetite in dogs, received its approval in May. That's on top of a deal with a big-name animal health company, Elanco, Eli Lilly and Co.'s animal health division, based in Greenfield, Ind. Aratanagranted licensing rights to Elanco to develop, manufacture, market and commercialize Galliprant globally. Aratana will receive an upfront payment of $45 million; additional payments up to $83 million upon achievement of certain development, regulatory and sales milestones; and co-promotion fees and royalty payments, according to an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2016/06/30/aratana-therapeutics-fda-approval-nocita.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo
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