First Approval For AZ's Roxadustat With China Green Light
Executive Summary
China is the first country to give the green light to roxadustat, AstraZeneca and FibroGen's first-in-class oral inhibitor of HIF-PHI, which could become standard of care to treat anemia in chronic kidney disease patients.
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