CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SHANGHAI, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Citrine Medicine, a China-based rare disease therapeutics company, today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Diurnal Group plc (AIM: DNL), a specialty pharmaceutical company targeting patient needs in chronic endocrine (hormonal) diseases. The deal provides Citrine with exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Efmody
® (hydrocortisone modified-release hard capsules – development name Chronocort
®) in the Greater China market. In January, Citrine signed a licensing agreement with Dirunal Group for Alkindi,
® the first preparation of hydrocortisone specifically designed for use in children suffering from pediatric adrenal insufficiency (AI) and congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).