RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan plans to launch Visiclear® Tablets for colon cleansing in Japan on June 15, 2007. Visiclear, or sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, tablets are marketed in the United States under the trade name VISICOL®. In August 2001, InKine Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. (acquired by Salix in September 2005) licensed exclusive commercial rights in Japan to the product, the first approved and marketed tablet formulation colon cleansing agent, to Zeria.
