Horizon Pharma and HemoShear team up on gout therapies

4 January 2019

Ireland-incorporated biopharma firm Horizon Pharma (Nasdaq: HZNP) and HemoShear Therapeutics, a privately held US biotechnology company, today announced a collaboration to discover and develop novel therapeutics for gout.

“As we continue to grow our pipeline, we are committed to addressing unmet treatment needs for people with gout as well as solidifying our leadership in uncontrolled gout,” said Dr Shao-Lee Lin, executive vice president, head of R&D and chief scientific officer, Horizon Pharma, adding: “We are optimistic that this collaboration with HemoShear will eventually identify new gout treatment options.”

Could earn HemoShear more than $500 million

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