Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KERX) is focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of medically important pharmaceutical products for the treatment of renal disease. Keryx is developing ZerenexTM (ferric citrate), an oral, ferric iron-based compound that has the capacity to bind to phosphate and form non-absorbable complexes. KERX today announced that its ferric iron-based phosphate …Read More
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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX): Congress Delays Implementation of Oral-Only ESRD-Related Drugs
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (KERX) today announced that earlier this week Congress passed legislation known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which, among other things, delays by two years the implementation of oral-only end-stage renal disease (ESRD) related drugs, including phosphate binders, in the bundled ESRD prospective payment system, until January 1, 2016. The …Read More