Transcept announces resubmission of NDA for Intermezzo to FDA

Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSPT), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary products that address important therapeutic needs in the field of neuroscience, today announced that the company has resubmitted the New Drug Application for Intermezzo® (zolpidem tartrate sublingual tablet) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The resubmission follows a meeting between Transcept and the FDA on September 14, 2011 to discuss issues raised by the FDA in the July 2011 Complete Response Letter.