By Tapan Panchal

LONDON--AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.LN) said Tuesday that the European Commission has granted it marketing authorization for the constipation drug Moventig.

The pharmaceutical company said Moventig is a drug the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in adult patients who don't respond to laxatives.

The marketing authorization applies to all member states of the European Union, Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein.

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