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Launch By Menarini And Ipsen Of ADENURIC(R) (febuxostat) In France For The Treatment Of Chronic Hyperuricemia In Gout
Ipsen (Paris:IPN) (Euronext: FR0010259150; IPN), a global biotechnology specialty care group and Menarini, the first Italian pharmaceutical Group in the world with a significant pan-European presence, announced the launch of ADENURICВ® (febuxostat) in France where they will co-promote the drug. Other launches by Menarini are planned shortly, notably in United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland...
Women With Gout At Greater Risk Of Heart Attack Than Men
Women with gout are at greater risk of a heart attack than men with the disease, indicates research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Gout is known to boost the risk of a heart attack in men. But to date, little has been known about the impact of gout on women's cardiovascular health...
Ardea Biosciences Reports Positive Results For RDEA594, Its Lead Product Candidate For Gout, In Combination With Allopurinol Or Febuxostat
Ardea Biosciences, Inc...
Low-Dose Colchicine (Colcrys) Is Rapid, Effective Treatment For Acute Gout Flares
PHILADELPHIA - New data show that low-dose colchicine (ColcrysTM) rapidly controls acute gout flares. The results, which were presented at the 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, are drawn from a secondary analysis of the phase III Acute Gout Flare Receiving Colchicine Evaluation (AGREE) trial...
Ardea Biosciences Announces Additional Positive Results From A Phase 2a Study Of RDEA594 At The 2009 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting
Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RDEA) announced additional positive results from the completed first cohort of an ongoing Phase 2a, proof-of-concept study of RDEA594, its lead product candidate for the treatment of hyperuricemia and gout...
For Management Of Hyperuricemia In Patients With Gout, Uloric (Febuxostat) Demonstrated Efficacy
Additional analysis showed that reduction and long-term maintenance of normal serum urate levels also reduced risk of future gout flares Data presented at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology highlight effects of baseline characteristics on achievement of serum uric acid (sUA) levels to A subset of subjects from the CONFIRMS trial who ...
New Data Presented At ACR Meeting Demonstrates Colcrys(TM) (Colchicine, USP) Significantly Reduces Pain Of Acute Gout Flare Within 24 Hours
URL Pharma, Inc., announced data from a pivotal Phase III study demonstrating that Colcrys(TM) (colchicine, USP), a low-dose colchicine, reduced the pain of gout flares within a 24-hour period as effectively as high-dose colchicine with a side effect profile statistically indistinguishable from placebo...
FDA Approves Colcrys(TM) (colchicine, USP) For Prevention Of Gout Flares
URL Pharma, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Colcrys(TM) (colchicine, USP) for the prophylaxis (prevention) of gout flares. Colcrys was first approved by the FDA on July 30, 2009 for the treatment of acute gout flares when taken at the first sign of a flare...
ULORIC(R) (febuxostat) Demonstrated Efficacy For Management Of Hyperuricemia In Patients With Gout
Data presented at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology highlight effects of baseline characteristics on achievement of serum uric acid (sUA) levels to A subset of subjects from the CONFIRMS trial who received prior urate-lowering therapy for up to five years achieved sUA According to Michael Becker, M.D...
Rochester-Led Parkinson's Study Pays Off Again, 2 Decades Later
Parkinson disease progresses more slowly in patients who have higher levels of urate, a chemical that at very high level is associated with gout, scientists have found...
BioCryst Announces Initiation Of Phase 2 Study Of BCX4208 For The Treatment Of Gout
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) announced that it is initiating a Phase 2 study of BCX4208 for the treatment of gout. The primary objective of BioCryst's Phase 2 study is to determine the effect of different doses of orally administered BCX4208 on serum uric acid levels in patients with gout. The gout trial is expected to enroll up to 120 subjects...
EnzymeRx Announces Its IND For Uricase-PEG 20 Becomes Effective
EnzymeRx, LLC a clinical-stage biotechnology company, announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Uricase-PEG 20, filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month, has become effective. EnzymeRx filed this IND for intravenous Uricase-PEG 20 in the management of elevated uric acid levels associated with tumor lysis syndrome...
Savient Pharmaceuticals Receives Complete Response Letter From U.S. Food And Drug Administration For KRYSTEXXA(TM)
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVNT) announced that the Company has received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that the FDA can not at this time approve the Company's Biologics License Application (BLA) for KRYSTEXXA(TM) (pegloticase) as a treatment for chronic gout in patients refractory to conventional therapy...
FDA Approves Colchicine For Acute Gout, Mediterranean Fever
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Colcrys to treat acute flairs in patients with gout, a recurrent and painful form of arthritis, and patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), an inherited inflammatory disorder...
Ardea Biosciences Initiates Phase 2b Clinical Trial Of RDEA594, Lead Product Candidate For The Treatment Of Gout
Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:RDEA) today announced that it has initiated a Phase 2b clinical trial of RDEA594, its lead product candidate in development for the management of hyperuricemia and gout. The Company also announced the selection of RDEA684, a next-generation URAT1 inhibitor, as a development candidate for the same indication...
Scientists Out A Gene For Gout
Having partnered last year with an international team that surveyed the genomes of 12,000 individuals to find a genetic cause for gout, Johns Hopkins scientists now have shown that the malfunctioning gene they helped uncover can lead to high concentrations of blood urate that forms crystals in joint tissue, causing inflammation and pain the hallmark of this disease...
Johns Hopkins Scientists Out A Gene For Gout
Having partnered last year with an international team that surveyed the genomes of 12,000 individuals to find a genetic cause for gout, Johns Hopkins scientists now have shown that the malfunctioning gene they helped uncover can lead to high concentrations of blood urate that forms crystals in joint tissue, causing inflammation and pain - the hallmark of this disease...
FDA Appointed Arthritis Advisory Committee Recommends U.S. Food And Drug Administration Approval For KRYSTEXXA(TM) For Refractory Chronic Gout
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVNT) announced that the Arthritis Advisory Committee appointed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended by a vote of 14 to 1 that KRYSTEXXA(TM) (pegloticase), a biologic PEGylated uricase enzyme, be granted marketing approval by the FDA for the treatment of refractory chronic gout...
Ardea Biosciences Announces Positive Interim Phase 2a Results For Lead Gout Drug, RDEA594
Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:RDEA) announced positive interim results from an ongoing Phase 2a, proof-of-concept study of RDEA594, its lead product candidate for the treatment of hyperuricemia and gout, as well as additional positive results from completed Phase 1 studies of RDEA594 in normal, healthy volunteers...
Role For Innate, Not Adaptive, Immunity Revealed By Autoinflammatory Disease Model
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed the first mouse model for auto-inflammatory diseases, disorders that involve the over-activation of the body's innate, primitive immune system. Their study, published early on-line in Cell Immunity on June 4, suggests that the innate - not adaptive - immune system drives auto-inflammatory diseases...
New Diagnostic Method For Gout: Dual Energy Computed Tomography Instead Of Joint Aspiration
The most reliable method of diagnosing gout is to aspirate the joint in order to obtain fluid to verify the presence of monosodiumurate crystals (uric acid). Up to now, computed tomography (CT) has played a limited role in the evaluation of gout, since conventional CT systems cannot reliably verify deposits of uric acid...
What Is Bursitis? What Causes Bursitis?
Bursitis happens when the bursa is inflamed. The burse acts as a cushion between bones, tendons, joints and muscles - bursae are fluid-filled sacs (the plural of bursa is bursae). People with bursitis will feel pain at the site of inflammation. The medical word "bursa" comes from the Latin bursa, meaning a purse, which is what a bursa resembles...
New Diagnostic Method For Gout: Dual Energy Computed Tomography Instead Of Joint Aspiration
The most reliable method of diagnosing gout is to aspirate the joint in order to obtain fluid to verify the presence of monosodium urate crystals (uric acid). Up to now, computed tomography (CT) has played a limited role in the evaluation of gout, since conventional CT systems cannot reliably verify deposits of uric acid...
The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society (GUAES) Announces New Survey Results Highlighting Major Gaps In Public Awareness Of Gout
The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society announced that new survey results reveal alarming gaps in the public's awareness of gout, a painful and potentially debilitating form of arthritis that affects three to five million Americans...
What Is Gout? What Causes Gout?
The word gout comes from Latin gutta and old French gote meaning "a drop". Several hundred years ago gout was thought to be caused by drops of viscous humors that seeped from blood into the joints. In fact, this supposition was not that far from the truth...
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