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Ironwood and Forest to Present Linaclotide Results from Phase 3 Trials in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRWD) and Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) today announced they will be presenting linaclotide results from Phase 3 clinical trials in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) during the 2011 Digestive Disease Week (DDW) annual meeting that will be held in Chicago from May 7 through May 10, 2011. Linaclotide is an investigational guanylate cyclase type-C (GC-C) agonist for the treatment of IBS-C and chronic constipation (CC). Ironwood and Forest released top-line results from the two Phase 3 IBS-C trials late last year.