Fra Everest Medicines Announces Half-Year 2021
– Our partner Calliditas Therapeutics AB (Calliditas) submitted an NDA to the US FDA for Nefecon for the treatment of primary IgAN on 15 March 2021 and was granted priority review on 28 April 2021 with a target Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of 15 September 2021. The NDA submission is based on positive data from part A of the NefIgArd pivotal phase 3 study, which achieved its primary endpoint of proteinuria reduction compared to placebo. The primary endpoint analysis showed a 31% mean reduction in the 16 mg arm versus baseline, with placebo showing a 5% mean reduction versus baseline, resulting in a 27% mean reduction at 9 months (p=0.0005) of the 16 mg arm versus placebo. The trial also met the key secondary endpoint, showing a statistically significant difference in estimated glomerular filtration rate or eGFR after 9 months of treatment with Nefecon compared to placebo. Nefecon was also generally well-tolerated, and the safety profile was in keeping with the phase 2b results and consistent with the known safety profile of budesonide.
– Our partner Calliditas was granted Accelerated Assessment procedure for Nefecon for the treatment of IgAN from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on 23 April 2021, followed by a marketing authorization application submission to the EMA on 28 May 2021. If approved, Nefecon could be available to patients in Europe in the first half of 2022.
· Post-Reporting Period (expected) milestones and achievements:
– We expect to read out proteinuria data from the global phase 3 NefIgArd study in Chinese patients who were treated with Nefecon, and submit an NDA to the China NMPA in the first half of 2022.