AZ completes US licensing agreement with Ironwood

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AstraZeneca PLC

03 June 2016

 

ASTRAZENECA COMPLETES US LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS FOR LESINURAD

AstraZeneca today announced that it has completed the licensing agreement with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals for the exclusive US rights to Zurampic (lesinurad) and the fixed-dose combination of lesinurad and allopurinol. Zurampic is approved in the US, in combination with a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, for the treatment of hyperuricemia associated with uncontrolled gout. The fixed-dose combination will be submitted for regulatory review in the second half of 2016.

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Key: RIA - Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, CVMD - Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, ING - Infection, Neuroscience and Gastrointestinal

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