Cornerstone Therapeutics Announces FDA Advisory Committee to Review Lixivaptan for Treatment of Hyponatremia

Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. CRTX announced today the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee (CRDAC) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has scheduled a review of the New Drug Application (NDA) for lixivaptan (CRTX 080) for the proposed indication of the treatment of symptomatic hypervolemic and euvolemic hyponatremia associated with heart failure and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), respectively. The meeting is scheduled for September 13, 2012.