ARDX vs URGN Comparison

Ardelyx Inc is a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercialize, first-in-class medicines that meet unmet medical needs. It has developed a platform that enabled the discovery of new biological mechanisms and pathways to develop potent and efficacious therapies that minimize the side effects and drug-drug interactions frequently encountered with traditional, systemically absorbed medicines. It product Tenapanor, branded as IBSRELA, is used for the treatment of adults with IBS-C. Tenapanor, branded as XPHOZAH, is used to reduce serum phosphorus in adults with CKD on dialysis as add-on therapy in patients who have an inadequate response to phosphate binders or who are intolerant of any dose of phosphate binder therapy.

UroGen Pharma Ltd is a clinical-stage biotechnology firm specializing in solutions for urothelial and specialty cancers. The company has developed RTGel reverse-thermal hydrogel, a proprietary technology enhancing the therapeutic profiles of existing drugs by enabling sustained release. Their flagship product, Jelmyto (mitomycin) for pyelocalyceal solution, along with investigational candidate UGN-102 (mitomycin) for intravesical solution, targets non-surgical tumor ablation in forms of non-muscle invasive urothelial cancer. Additionally, their immuno-uro-oncology pipeline includes UGN-301 (zalifrelimab), an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, intended for both monotherapy and combination therapy. Revenue is generated from product sales.