Marco om konkurrentsituasjonen pr mars 2020: (Copansilib omtales helt på slutten)
— Is there any news in the competitor area? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marco Renoldi, Nordic Nanovector ASA - COO [13] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes. Maybe I can tell you what has happened since the last time we met in November. I think I will focus on third line follicular lymphoma because this is our key target for now.
I think that the most important element is the 2 products, actually we’re able to file with the FDA. One was tazemetostat by Epizyme, and the other was umbralisib by TG Therapeutics. Now let me tell you what type of efficacy data they generated. Tazemetostat in a small subset of patients, which are the patients with the mutation of the EZH2 gene, roughly 15% of the third-line patients, they achieved an efficacy of 68% overall response rate, 19% complete response and a duration of response of about 11 months. So more or less similar to our data, but with a lower complete response, a lower duration of response in only 15% of the patients they have filed.
Secondly, umbralisib, they have filed with data which they did not disclose publicly. They just said that the overall response rate data was in the range of 40% to 50%. So definitely below our data, umbralisib is a PI3K inhibitor. So should we be worried because they have filed them, so they could possibly get an approval soon?
I think we are not worried because what is relevant based on what we see in the market is, are these products meeting physicians’ needs?
We don’t think so. We believe Betalutin still retains a strong competitive edge. Because the combination of the efficacy data we have generated, in particular, the complete response rate and the duration of response, combined with the safety that Lars described, basically, the only grade 3, 4 adverse events are a transient reduction of the platelets and white blood cells with really minimal clinical symptoms and the convenience of a one-time administration.
We still have a competitive edge, so we should be less worried about agents that are filed or approved and be more focused on the benefits we can bring to patients.
We have 3 products on the market, idelalisib, copanlisib and duvelisib. They’re not getting a lot of traction because they are not meeting patients’ and physicians’ needs. I hope that answers your question. -