Pfizer, Lilly to resume late-stage study testing pain drug

March 23 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co said they planned to resume a late-stage study testing their pain drug tanezumab after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted a partial hold on it.

Pfizer expects to receive a $200 million upfront payment from Lilly as a result of the development, the companies said on Monday.

The FDA put tanezumab and all other anti-nerve growth factor antibodies on a partial clinical hold since December 2012.

(Reporting by Natalie Grover in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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