3 June 2016
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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