AEterna Zentaris: Article on Phase 2 Trial with Cetrorelix in BPH to be Published in European Urolo...( QUEBEC CITY May 13 / AEterna Zent...)

QUEBEC CITY, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - AEterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS, TSX: AEZ), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology, today announced that the article titled "Placebo-controlled dose-ranging Phase 2 study of subcutaneously administered LHRH antagonist cetrorelix in patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH", has been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of the European Urology Journal. Written by F.M.J. Debruyne, Department of Urology, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands, A.A. Gres, Clinical Urology MOKB, Minsk, Belarus, and D.L. Arustamov, Center of Urology, Ministry of Health of Republic of Uzbekistan, the article refers to results of a Phase 2 trial with cetrorelix in BPH, which showed a prolonged improvement in BPH symptoms and uroflow, persisting up to the end of the 20-week observation period.

These results are part of previously disclosed Phase 2 data on cetrorelix in BPH through prior abstracts and poster presentations. The article is available online at http://www.europeanurology.com

Prof. Jurgen Engel, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Scientific Affairs at AEterna Zentaris commented, "We are very proud to have the work of Prof. Debruyne and his colleagues on cetrorelix published in this prestigious peer reviewed European journal. The article, along with the recent Best Poster Presentation Award that Prof. Debruyne received last March at the 23rd Annual European Association of Urology Meeting, is another acknowledgement of the quality of our development program with cetrorelix in BPH."

THE ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives

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