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April 18, 2011

A U.S. drug maker and its Japanese partner have started a late-stage clinical trial of a drug for treating elevated phosphate levels in the body, the two announced Monday.

NEW YORK — A U.S. drug maker and its Japanese partner have started a late-stage clinical trial of a drug for treating elevated phosphate levels in the body, the two announced Monday.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals and Torii Pharmaceutical, the pharmaceuticals subsidiary of Japan Tobacco, started a phase-3 trial of Zerenex (ferric citrate) in Japan for patients with hyperphosphatemia. The drug also is in phase-3 trials in the United States as a treatment for hyperphosphatemia in patients with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis.

October 25, 2010

Drug maker Keryx Biopharmaceuticals has finished enrolling participants for a late-stage clinical trial of a...

NEW YORK Drug maker Keryx Biopharmaceuticals has finished enrolling participants for a late-stage clinical trial of a drug for patients on kidney dialysis, Keryx said Tuesday.

 

The company is conducting a phase-3 trial of Zerenex (ferric citrate) in patients with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis who have excessive phosphorous levels, a condition known as hyperphosphatemia.

 

 

Keryx said it expects to complete the study and report top-line data by the end of the year.