Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ: SVNT), an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical products that address unmet medical needs today announced the completion of patient dosing in a Phase 2 clinical trial of Puricase(R), a poly(ethylene glycol) (”PEG”) conjugate of recombinant porcine uricase (urate oxidase), for the treatment of severe, refractory gout.
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OSAKA, JAPAN — Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (”Takeda”) announced today that TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc (”TAP”), its 50-50 joint venture with Abbott Laboratories, submitted a New Drug Application (”NDA”) on December 14 with the US Food and Drug Administration for febuxostat 80mg and 120mg for the management of hyperuricemia in patients with chronic gout.
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If you want to prevent painful gout you should drink milk and dairy products. You should not, however, eat lots of red meat and seafood. This is according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Hyon Choi, study leader, said that this is the first evidence that dairy products can be strongly protective against gout. Dr. Choi works at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
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