FDA Appointed Arthritis Advisory Committee Recommends U.S. Food And Drug Administration Approval For KRYSTEXXA(TM) For Refractory Chronic Gout

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVNT) announced that the Arthritis Advisory Committee appointed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended by a vote of 14 to 1 that KRYSTEXXA(TM) (pegloticase), a biologic PEGylated uricase enzyme, be granted marketing approval by the FDA for the treatment of refractory chronic gout.

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Filed under: Gout on June 22nd, 2009