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Accrufer/Feraccru filed in Canada to treat to treat iron deficiency anaemia.

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Published: 22nd Mar 2022

Shield Therapeutics plc with its lead product Accrufer/Feraccru (ferric maltol), announces that KYE Pharmaceuticals Inc. (‘KYE’) has submitted a New Drug Submission (‘NDS’) to Health Canada for the regulatory review and approval of Accrufer.

If approved, Accrufer would be the first prescription only oral iron therapy approved by Health Canada. Marketing approval for Accrufer is expected to be during first half of 2023.

Condition: Iron Deficiency Anaemia/CKD
Type: drug
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