Top-line data for Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s plecanatide in irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) from the first of two pivotal Phase III trials appears to be confirmation that the guanylyl cyclase C receptor agonist will have the advantage of less incidence of diarrhea than its chief rival, Allergan PLC/Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Linzess.
There was also less incidence of diarrhea versus Linzess (linaclotide), also a GCC agonist, in the Phase III program for...






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