Agile Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Results Of Its Pre-Submission Meeting With FDA

PRINCETON, N.J., April 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agile Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:AGRX), a women’s healthcare company, today announced it has received the final meeting minutes from its recent New Drug Application (NDA) pre-submission meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lead product candidate, Twirla^®, an investigational low-dose combined hormonal contraceptive patch. Based on the feedback from the FDA, Agile believes it has the necessary information to complete the resubmission of its NDA, which is expected to be submitted by the end of the second quarter of 2017.

The Company reported top-line results from its Phase 3 SECURE clinical trial in January 2017, and plans to prepare the resubmission of its NDA for Twirla based primarily on the results from the SECURE trial. 

Agile requested the meeting with the FDA, which took place on March 14, 2017, in order to share preliminary data from the SECURE trial, including key safety data and BMI-related efficacy findings, and to seek FDA input as to whether the trial results constitute a basis for addressing the clinical deficiencies cited in the FDA’s prior Complete Response Letter (CRL).  Agile also requested feedback on whether the proposed NDA content will meet the FDA’s requirements for submission.

The FDA indicated that based on the preliminary information provided by the Company, the SECURE trial results appear acceptable for resubmission. The FDA provided responses to the Company regarding the presentation of efficacy, safety and clinical pharmacology analyses in the NDA and requested that subgroup analysis of efficacy by body weight be provided.  The FDA also provided feedback on the Company’s proposed approach to the FDA’s other questions in the CRL, including those questions relating to analysis to support manufacturing controls and release specifications and use of laser etching on the Twirla patches.

Pre-submission meetings with the FDA are typically requested by a sponsor company and intended to provide a sponsor company the opportunity to ask the FDA process questions about a company’s planned NDA submission, not to discuss the potential for approval.  Therefore, the FDA did not provide the Company any feedback on whether the results of the SECURE trial and the contents of the planned, resubmitted NDA will be sufficient to obtain regulatory approval of Twirla.  Consistent with other NDAs, product labeling will be addressed as part of the FDA’s review of the resubmitted NDA and will be based on the product’s overall efficacy and safety profile.

About Agile Therapeutics

Agile Therapeutics is a forward-thinking women's healthcare company dedicated to fulfilling the unmet health needs of today's women. Our product candidates are designed to provide women with contraceptive options that offer freedom from taking a daily pill, without committing to a longer-acting method.  Our lead product candidate, Twirla®, (ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel transdermal system), also known as AG200-15, is a once-weekly prescription contraceptive patch that recently completed Phase 3 trials. Twirla is based on our proprietary transdermal patch technology, called Skinfusion®, which is designed to provide advantages over currently available patches and is intended to optimize patch adhesion and patient wearability. For more information, please visit the company website at www.agiletherapeutics.com.

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