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New US Indication May Help Finally Get Keryx' Auryxia Off The Ground

 
• By Emily Hayes

Company plans to use the same sales force and broad insurance coverage for oral iron product in new use for CKD patients with iron deficiency anemia not on dialysis, as for the first approved use in dialysis patients, so it will "hit the ground running."

Anemia medical diagram, abmormal blood cell count
Anemia medical diagram illustrates normal vs. abnormal blood cell count and human circulation in an artery or vein.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. has secured a new indication for iron deficiency anemia from the US FDA for its struggling phosphate binder Auryxia (ferric citrate) that it thinks promises a vast expansion of the potential patient population.

FDA approved Auryxia Nov. 7 for treating iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in adults who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) but are not on dialysis.

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