As Gout Market Opens Up, Experts Await Therapies To Better Lower Uric Acid
This article was originally published in Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly
Executive Summary
PHILADEPHIA – Though Takeda's gout therapy Uloric (febuxostat) has broken a 40-year dry spell in the market, physicians and researchers are hoping more drugs will be approved that can reduce serum uric acid well below the standard 6 mg/dL benchmark. Safety, though, could be a hang-up.
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