Keryx Biopharmaceuticals

Foresite closes $100M growth capital fund for late-stage healthcare companies

Friday, February 1, 2013 02:12 PM

Foresite Capital Management, a growth equity firm founded by Jim Tananbaum to finance late-stage healthcare companies, has closed its $100 million fund, Foresite Capital Fund I. The firm draws on Tananbaum and his partners' experience and expertise in building leading healthcare companies, as well as their broad private and public investment experience.

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Keryx initiates phase II study of Zerenex in chronic kidney disease

Thursday, November 1, 2012 10:25 AM

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company based in New York, N.Y., has initiated a phase II study of Zerenex (ferric citrate), the company's ferric iron-based phosphate binder drug candidate, in managing serum phosphorus and iron deficiency in anemic patients with Stage 3 to 5 non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD).

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Keryx completes patient enrollment for phase III Zerenex trial

Monday, September 19, 2011 12:28 PM

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals has completed patient enrollment in the long-term study component of its phase III registration program of Zerenex, the company's ferric iron-based phosphate binder for the treatment of elevated serum phosphorus levels, or hyperphosphatemia, in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis. The Zerenex phase III registration program, which is being conducted pursuant to a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) with the FDA, is comprised of an already successfully-completed phase III short-term study, and this ongoing phase III long-term study.

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Keryx reports positive results in renal disease study

Friday, April 29, 2011 11:25 AM

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals reports the final dataset from the phase III short-term clinical trial of Zerenex (ferric citrate) for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in 151-end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis. 

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