Based on promising Phase II data, two companies in South Korea are moving ahead with late-stage development in the gout space, with JW Pharmaceutical getting approvals to begin a multinational Phase III trial for epaminurad, while LG Chem has recently submitted an application for a Phase III program with its contender tigulixostat.
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Two South Korean pharmas - JW Pharmaceutical Corporation and LG Chem, Ltd. - are making good progress in the gout therapy space this year by entering their respective candidates into late-phase multinational trials.
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