Terrie Curran, Phathom Pharmaceuticals CEO (via Arcutis)

Take­da GI spin­out nabs ap­proval for on­ly drug — and piv­ots to a quick raise

Three years af­ter Fra­zier teamed up with Take­da to spin a gas­troin­testi­nal drug in­to a new start­up named Phath­om Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, the biotech has de­liv­ered an ap­proval.

The FDA has sanc­tioned two dif­fer­ent for­mu­la­tions of vono­prazan to treat H. py­lori in­fec­tion in adults: Vo­quez­na Triple Pak com­bines vono­prazan tablets with amox­i­cillin cap­sules and clar­ithromycin tablets, while Vo­quez­na Dual Pak con­tains on­ly vono­prazan and amox­i­cillin.

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