Kyowa Hakko Kirin said on November 28 that it has entered into a license agreement with Ardelyx for exclusive rights to develop and commercialize the US company’s NHE3 inhibitor tenapanor in Japan. Tenapanor, discovered by Ardelyx, is currently being developed…
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