In late December, FDA approved AstraZeneca’s Zurampic (lesinurad) 200-mg tablets in combination with a xanthine oxidase inhibitor (XOI) for high levels of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricemia) associated with gout.
In late December, FDA approved AstraZeneca’s Zurampic (lesinurad) 200-mg tablets in combination with a xanthine oxidase inhibitor (XOI) for high levels of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricemia) associated with gout.
“A new approach to treating gout is long overdue, given there has been limited therapy innovation over the last 50 years,” said Lawrence Edwards, MD, chairman and CEO of the Gout and Uric Acid Education Society (GUAES), in an AstraZeneca statement. “Combination therapy with Zurampic is an important addition to the medicines available to physicians that will help more gout patients reach their serum uric acid treatment targets, which may ultimately relieve their suffering from this painful disease.”
Related:ACR: Lesinurad as a combo therapy with allopurinol may be effective in treating gout
"Controlling hyperuricemia is critical to the long-term treatment of gout," added Badrul Chowdhury, MD, director of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Rheumatology Products in FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
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