The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1357
February 7, 2011
Pegloticase (Krystexxa) for Treatment of Refractory Gout
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Pegloticase (Krystexxa) for Treatment of Refractory Gout
February 7, 2011 (Issue: 1357)
Pegloticase (Krystexxa – Savient), a PEGylated urate oxidase enzyme, has been approved by the FDA for intravenous (IV) treatment of chronic symptomatic gout in adults who have not responded to maximum doses of a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, such as...more
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