Feb 29 (Reuters) - Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc
IRWD.O :
* IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS ANNOUNCES POSITIVE TOPLINE
RESULTS FROM
GLOBAL PHASE III TRIAL OF ONCE-WEEKLY APRAGLUTIDE IN ADULTS WITH
SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME WITH INTESTINAL FAILURE (SBS-IF)
* IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS - APRAGLUTIDE SHOWED CLINICALLY
MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT AT WEEK 24, WITH PATIENTS ACHIEVING AT
LEAST ONE DAY OFF PS PER WEEK
* IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS- APRAGLUTIDE MET PRIMARY ENDPOINT
OF
RELATIVE CHANGE FROM BASELINE IN ACTUAL WEEKLY PARENTERAL
SUPPORT (PS) VOLUME AT WEEK 24
* IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC - TO SUBMIT NEW DRUG
APPLICATION
AND OTHER REGULATORY FILINGS FOR APRAGLUTIDE AS A ONCE-WEEKLY
GLP-2 ANALOG
* IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC - APRAGLUTIDE WAS GENERALLY
WELL-TOLERATED,
* IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC - TOPLINE SAFETY RESULTS WERE
GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY PROFILE DEMONSTRATED IN
APRAGLUTIDE STUDIES TO DATE
* IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC - SAFETY PROFILE WAS
CONSISTENT
WITH PREVIOUSLY-REPORTED STUDIES OF APRAGLUTIDE IN THIS PATIENT
POPULATION
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