MIAMI, Oct. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Urica Therapeutics, Inc. ("Urica" or the "Company") (formerly known as UR-1 Therapeutics, Inc.), a Fortress Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ:FBIO) ("Fortress") subsidiary company focused on the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products to treat gout and chronic kidney disease, today announced the appointments of Jay D. Kranzler, M.D., Ph.D., as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Vibeke Strand, M.D., MACR, FACP, Adjunct Clinical Professor, Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, to its Board of Directors. Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., Fortress' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Urica, said, "We ar