Keryx Aims For Ironclad Hold On Hyperphosphatemia Market
Executive Summary
Recently-approved (and still un-trade named) phosphate binder ferric citrate could unseat the market leader due to its unique ability to increase iron in patients, firm believes, although it didn’t get the full set of labeling claims it sought.
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