Rasburicase is a recombinant urate-oxidase enzyme produced by a genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain. The cDNA coding for rasburicase was cloned from a strain of Aspergillus flavus.
For treatment of hyperuricemia, reduces elevated plasma uric acid levels (from chemotherapy)
Sanofi-Aventis, Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
Sanofi-Aventis, Tokyo, Japan
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office, Shanghai, China
Sanofi-Aventis, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Sanofi-aventis administrative office, São Paulo, Brazil
Sanofi-Aventis, Tokyo, Japan
University of Florida Health Science Center at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado, United States
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