December 1, 2015

Tokyo, Japan, December 30, 2015 --- Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 4151, President and CEO: Nobuo Hanai, 'Kyowa Hakko Kirin') today announced the initiation of a phase 3 clinical study evaluating KHK7580 for secondary hyperparathyroidism patients receiving hemodialysis in Japan.

Kyowa Hakko Kirin conducts this study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of KHK7580 orally administered once daily for 30 weeks in subjects with secondary hyperparathyroidism receiving hemodialysis in a randomized, double-blind, intra-subject dose-adjustment, parallel-group design with cinacalcet hydrochloride as an active control.

KHK7580 is a small molecular compound produced by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (President & Representative Director, CEO: Masayuki Mitsuka, 'Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma'). Kyowa Hakko Kirin signed a license agreement of KHK7580 with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma for the rights to cooperative research, develop, market and manufacture the product in Japan and some part of Asia on March 2008.

The Kyowa Hakko Kirin Group is contributing to the health and prosperity of the world's people by pursuing advances in life sciences and technology and creating new value.

Outline of this study

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