Berotralstat significantly reduced HAE attack rates versus placebo over 24 weeks
Berotralstat significantly reduced HAE attack rates versus placebo over 24 weeks
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Oct. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced that data from the first 24 weeks of the APeX-2 trial of oral, once-daily berotralstat in patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) have been published online by the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI).
APeX-2 was a Phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial that evaluated the efficacy and safety of oral, once-daily berotralstat versus placebo over 24-weeks in 121 HAE patients ages 12 years or older. In the trial, after 24 weeks, both the 110-mg and 150-mg doses of berotralstat significantly reduced HAE attack rates compared with placebo and were safe and well tolerated, with greater attack rate reductions observed for the 150-mg dose.
As the authors concluded, the combination of efficacy, safety, and tolerability with convenient oral, once-daily dosing will make berotralstat an important addition to the HAE-C1-INH therapeutic armamentarium, if approved.
“The data from APeX-2 show that berotralstat may provide an important oral option for patients with HAE that could allow them to prevent HAE attacks and reduce their overall burden of therapy,” said Bruce Zuraw, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at the University of California School of Medicine, and principal investigator of the APeX-2 trial.
“We are excited to have our results published in JACI, building on the compelling pivotal and longer-term data presented at scientific congresses in the past year. HAE patients are waiting for an oral, once-daily option to control their disease. As the authors have recognized, providing patients with an effective, oral therapy is a major step towards the goal of enabling them to live a normal life,” said Jon Stonehouse, president and chief executive officer of BioCryst.
Additional details can be found in the manuscript, which is available online at www.jacionline.org/inpress. JACI is an official journal of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing a new drug application (NDA) for ORLADEYO™ (berotralstat) and has set an action date of December 3, 2020, under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA).
In Japan, ORLADEYO is being reviewed under Sakigake designation. The Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) has confirmed their regulatory review schedule and the company expects an approval decision in December 2020.
On March 30, 2020, the company announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had validated its marketing authorization application (MAA) submission for ORLADEYO and begun its formal review of the MAA under the centralized procedure. The company expects an opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) within approximately 12 months from MAA validation.
About BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals discovers novel, oral, small-molecule medicines that treat rare diseases in which significant unmet medical needs exist and an enzyme plays a key role in the biological pathway of the disease. BioCryst has several ongoing development programs including ORLADEYO™ (berotralstat), an oral treatment for hereditary angioedema, BCX9930, an oral Factor D inhibitor for the treatment of complement-mediated diseases, galidesivir, a potential treatment for COVID-19, Marburg virus disease and Yellow Fever, and BCX9250, an ALK-2 inhibitor for the treatment of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. RAPIVAB® (peramivir injection), a viral neuraminidase inhibitor for the treatment of influenza, is BioCryst’s first approved product and has received regulatory approval in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and the European Union. Post-marketing commitments for RAPIVAB are ongoing. For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.BioCryst.com.
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