Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and Forest Laboratories, Inc. Announce U.S. Availability of LINZESS™ (Linaclotide)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRWD) and Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) announced today that LINZESS™ (linaclotide) is now available in pharmacies throughout the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved LINZESS as a once-daily oral capsule for adult men and women suffering from irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) or chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC).