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Launch By Menarini And Ipsen Of ADENURIC(R) (febuxostat) In France For The Treatment Of Chronic Hyperuricemia In Gout
Categorie : GoutIpsen (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 ADENURIC® (febuxostat) in France where they will co-promote the drug. Othe ...
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Sun Mar 2010
Low-Dose Colchicine (Colcrys) Is Rapid, Effective Treatment For Acute Gout Flares
Categorie : GoutPHILADELPHIA - 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 C ...
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Sun Nov 2009
ULORIC(R) (febuxostat) Demonstrated Efficacy For Management Of Hyperuricemia In Patients With Gout
Categorie : GoutData 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 ...
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Sun Oct 2009
Rochester-Led Parkinson's Study Pays Off Again, 2 Decades Later
Categorie : GoutParkinson 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. While it's unknown whether the high levels actually somehow protect patients or simply serve as a marker of protection, the finding ...
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Sun Oct 2009
Ardea Biosciences Announces Additional Positive Results From A Phase 2a Study Of RDEA594 At The 2009 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting
Categorie : GoutArdea 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. ...
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Sun Oct 2009
For Management Of Hyperuricemia In Patients With Gout, Uloric (Febuxostat) Demonstrated Efficacy
Categorie : GoutAdditional 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 ser ...
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Sun Oct 2009
New Data Presented At ACR Meeting Demonstrates Colcrys(TM) (Colchicine, USP) Significantly Reduces Pain Of Acute Gout Flare Within 24 Hours
Categorie : GoutURL 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 plac ...
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Sun Oct 2009
FDA Approves Colcrys(TM) (colchicine, USP) For Prevention Of Gout Flares
Categorie : GoutURL 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 fla ...
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Sun Oct 2009
EnzymeRx Announces Its IND For Uricase-PEG 20 Becomes Effective
Categorie : GoutEnzymeRx, 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 ...
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Tue Sep 2009
Savient Pharmaceuticals Receives Complete Response Letter From U.S. Food And Drug Administration For KRYSTEXXA(TM)
Categorie : GoutSavient 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 t ...
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Sun Aug 2009
FDA Approves Colchicine For Acute Gout, Mediterranean Fever
Categorie : GoutThe 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. The medication's active ingredient is colchicine, a complex com ...
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Sun Aug 2009
Ardea Biosciences Initiates Phase 2b Clinical Trial Of RDEA594, Lead Product Candidate For The Treatment Of Gout
Categorie : GoutArdea 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 devel ...
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Sun Aug 2009
Role For Innate, Not Adaptive, Immunity Revealed By Autoinflammatory Disease Model
Categorie : GoutResearchers 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, su ...
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Sat Jul 2009
New Diagnostic Method For Gout: Dual Energy Computed Tomography Instead Of Joint Aspiration
Categorie : GoutThe 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 ...
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Sat Jul 2009
What Is Bursitis? What Causes Bursitis?
Categorie : GoutBursitis 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, me ...
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Sat Jul 2009
The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society (GUAES) Announces New Survey Results Highlighting Major Gaps In Public Awareness Of Gout
Categorie : GoutThe 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. In a survey of more than 2,000 Americans, 65% of adults admitted to ...
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Sat Jul 2009
Scientists Out A Gene For Gout
Categorie : GoutHaving 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 ...
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Sat Jul 2009
Johns Hopkins Scientists Out A Gene For Gout
Categorie : GoutHaving 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 joi ...
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Sat Jul 2009
FDA Appointed Arthritis Advisory Committee Recommends U.S. Food And Drug Administration Approval For KRYSTEXXA(TM) For Refractory Chronic Gout
Categorie : GoutSavient 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 ...
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Sat Jul 2009
Ardea Biosciences Announces Positive Interim Phase 2a Results For Lead Gout Drug, RDEA594
Categorie : GoutArdea 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, he ...
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Sat Jul 2009
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