CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRWD), a commercial biotechnology company, today provided an update on its third quarter 2016 results and recent business activities.
“Ironwood demonstrated outstanding third quarter performance, including a 67% increase in revenue year-over-year driven by strong growth in LINZESS demand. With the launch of ZURAMPIC, our salesforce is now bringing three products for chronic, debilitating conditions to roughly 30,000 of the highest prescribing primary care physicians in the U.S.,” said Peter Hecht, chief executive officer of Ironwood.