Nuon Therapeutics Inc. Identifies Novel Use and Advances NU1618 into Development for Chronic Hyperuricemia in Patients with Gout

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuon Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that the company is advancing its lead program, NU1618, into phase 2b development for the treatment of chronic hyperuricemia in patients with gout. Nuon anticipates releasing topline data from a completed proof-of-principle, phase 2a study of NU1618 in the second quarter of 2010.