Knight Announces Exclusive License Agreement with Ardelyx for Tenapanor

Knight Therapeutics (TSX:GUD) announced today a license agreement with Ardelyx (NASDAQ:ARDX) that provides Knight with exclusive rights to commercialize tenapanor in Canada. Tenapanor is Ardelyx’s oral, first-in-class small molecule treatment that has completed Phase 3 development for irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and is being evaluated in a second Phase 3 study for hyperphosphatemia.

As quoted in the press release:

“We are excited to bring Canadian patients a product like tenapanor with its differentiated mechanism and established efficacy and safety profiles in both IBS-C and hyperphosphatemia,” said Jonathan Ross Goodman, chief executive officer of Knight. “The addition of tenapanor to our pipeline will further enhance Knight’s leadership in GI disorders. Because of its novel mechanism, we believe tenapanor will have advantages in treating IBS-C through an entirely new approach than those of today’s approved medicines. In addition, we see great potential for tenapanor as the first and only new option outside of phosphate binders to treat hyperphosphatemia, with an opportunity to make an important difference for patients who would benefit from a new safe, effective and easy to take alternative. We look forward to working with the Ardelyx team and Health Canada to bring tenapanor to Canadian patients.”

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