Public Citizen Calls on FDA to Withdraw Takeda Gout Drug

Public Citizen Calls on FDA to Withdraw Takeda Gout Drug

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Nonprofit advocacy group Public Citizen is calling on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pull Takeda Pharmaceuticals' gout drug Uloric (febuxostat) from the market after a postmarketing study of the drug found higher rates of fatal cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in patients taking the drug.