Shire announces new data for hypoparathyroidism therapy

22 May 2018

Ireland-based rare diseases leader Shire (LSE: SHP) is furthering the understanding of chronic hypoparathyroidism with data presented on new hypotheses about long-term treatment effects in patients as well as with safety and efficacy data for rhPTH (1-84) from the Open-Label RACE Study.

Shire has presented new data on recombinant human parathyroid hormone (1-84) (rhPTH[1-84]) in patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism at the 20th European Congress of Endocrinology (ECE 2018), taking place in Barcelona, Spain.

The latest studies provide valuable insights into the burden of the disease and impact of treatment in patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism, a rare endocrine disease, according to Shire, currently the subject of a $64 billion acquisition by Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO: 4502).

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