Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved Linzess, the first therapy for pediatric functional constipation in patients aged 6 to 17 ...

(RTTNews) - Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IRWD), Monday announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Linzess (linaclotide) as a once-daily treatment for pediatric patients ages ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AbbVie announced that it has submitted a supplemental new drug application for Linzess for the treatment of ...

Credit: Shutterstock. Linzess is a guanylate cyclase-C agonist. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Linzess ® (linaclotide) for the treatment of functional constipation (FC) in ...

A newly approved option for pediatric patients with functional constipation significantly increased the frequency of bowel movements and improved other burdensome symptoms as well, according to a ...

The phase 3 trial included patients 6 to 17 years of age who fulfilled modified Rome III Criteria for child/adolescent functional constipation. Treatment with linaclotide improved the frequency of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Linzess (linaclotide) as a once-daily treatment for pediatric patients ages 6 to 17 years with functional constipation. The approval was based on data ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anji Pharma, an emerging global medicines company, today announced it has completed enrollment in its Phase 2 proof of concept study of pradigastat ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for linaclotide (Linzess) to children as young as age 6 years with functional constipation, making it the first approved treatment ...

Linzess can cause certain side effects, some of which are more common than others. These side effects may be temporary, lasting a few days to weeks. However, if the side effects last longer than that, ...

Kiwifruit can increase the frequency of bowel movements for people with constipation, according to researchers in New Zealand. "In addition to improved measures of constipation status, there was a ...

Over the past 20 years, the use of opiates and opioids for the management of chronic pain has significantly increased. Approximately 40% to 90% of patients treated with opioids experience ...