UroGen Announces FDA Acceptance of its New Drug Application for UGN-102
15 Outubro 2024 - 5:30PM
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- PDUFA goal date set for June 13, 2025
- UGN-102 would be the first FDA-approved medicine for
LG-IR-NMIBC, if approved
UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: URGN), a biotech company dedicated
to developing and commercializing innovative solutions that treat
urothelial and specialty cancers, today announced U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) acceptance of the New Drug Application
(NDA) for investigational drug UGN-102 (mitomycin) for intravesical
solution. UGN-102 could become the first FDA-approved
medicine for the treatment of low-grade intermediate-risk
non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (LG-IR-NMIBC). The FDA has
assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of June
13, 2025.
"The FDA acceptance of our NDA is a pivotal moment in our
journey to bring UGN-102 to patients,” said Liz Barrett, President
and Chief Executive Officer of UroGen. “UGN-102 could be the first
FDA-approved medicine for LG-IR-NMIBC, offering a novel approach
that could expand treatment options and address unmet needs. There
is an urgent need for innovative solutions in this space, and we
are dedicated to collaborating with the FDA as we prepare for a
potential launch of UGN-102 in 2025.”
Dr. Mark Schoenberg, Chief Medical Officer of UroGen, stated,
“The NDA for UGN-102 is backed by a robust data set demonstrating
impressive durability of response across three clinical trials and
a favorable safety profile. Notably, the ENVISION trial
successfully met its primary endpoint, showing a 79.6% complete
response rate at three months after the first instillation of
UGN-102. Additionally, the latest results from that trial revealed
an 82.3% 12-month duration of response by Kaplan-Meier estimate in
patients who achieved a complete response at 3 months. The most
common treatment-emergent adverse events in the ENVISION trial were
dysuria, hematuria, urinary tract infection, pollakiuria, fatigue,
and urinary retention. Additionally, the safety profile observed in
the ENVISION trial was consistent with that seen in other studies
of UGN-102. We believe that, if approved, UGN-102’s ability to
achieve durable complete responses and potentially reduce
recurrence rates while extending treatment-free intervals will
represent a significant advance in managing LG-IR-NMIBC.”
About UGN-102
UGN-102 (mitomycin) for intravesical solution is an innovative
drug formulation of mitomycin, currently under regulatory review
for approval in the treatment of LG-IR-NMIBC. Utilizing UroGen’s
proprietary RTGel® technology, a sustained release, hydrogel-based
formulation, UGN-102 is designed to enable longer exposure of
bladder tissue to mitomycin, thereby enabling the treatment of
tumors by non-surgical means. UGN-102 is delivered to patients
using a standard urinary catheter in an outpatient setting by a
trained healthcare professional. An NDA for UGN-102 is currently
under review by the FDA with a potential decision expected by June
13, 2025. The U.S. market for LG-IR-NMIBC that UGN-102 can address,
if approved, is valued at approximately $5 billion.
About ENVISION
The Phase 3 ENVISION trial is a single-arm, multinational,
multicenter study evaluating the efficacy and safety of UGN-102
(mitomycin) for intravesical solution as primary chemoablative
therapy in patients with LG-IR-NMIBC. The Phase 3 ENVISION trial
completed target enrollment with approximately 240 patients across
56 sites. Study participants received six once-weekly intravesical
instillations of UGN-102. The primary endpoint evaluated the CR
rate at the three-month assessment after the first instillation,
and the key secondary endpoint evaluated durability over time in
patients who achieved a CR at the three-month assessment. Learn
more about the Phase 3 ENVISION trial at www.clinicaltrials.gov
(NCT05243550).
About Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC)
In the U.S. bladder cancer is the second most common urologic
cancer in men. LG-IR-NMIBC represents approximately 22,000 newly
diagnosed bladder cancer patients each year and an estimated 60,000
recurrences annually among patients diagnosed from previous years.
Bladder cancer primarily affects older populations with the median
age of diagnosis 73 years and an increased risk of comorbidities.
Guideline recommendations for the management of NMIBC include TURBT
as the standard of care. Up to 70 percent of NMIBC patients
experience at least one recurrence and LG-IR-NMIBC patients are
even more likely to recur and face repeated TURBT procedures.
About UroGen Pharma Ltd.
UroGen is a biotech company dedicated to developing and
commercializing innovative solutions that treat urothelial and
specialty cancers because patients deserve better options. UroGen
has developed RTGel® reverse-thermal hydrogel, a proprietary
sustained-release, hydrogel-based platform technology that has the
potential to improve the therapeutic profiles of existing drugs.
UroGen’s sustained release technology is designed to enable longer
exposure of the urinary tract tissue to medications, making local
therapy a potentially more effective treatment option. Our first
product to treat low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer and
investigational treatment UGN-102 (mitomycin) for intravesical
solution for patients with LG-IR-NMIBC are designed to ablate
tumors by non-surgical means. UroGen is headquartered in Princeton,
NJ with operations in Israel. Visit www.UroGen.com to learn more or
follow us on X (Twitter), @UroGenPharma.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that
term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, including, without limitation, statements regarding: the
potential for UGN-102 to be the first FDA-approved medicine for
LG-IR-NMIBC; the potential patient benefits and opportunities for
UGN-102, if approved; the potential timing for a decision from the
FDA on the UGN-102 NDA; the estimated size of the U.S. market that
could be addressed by UGN-102, if approved; the potential launch
timing for UGN-102, if approved; the potential for UGN-102 to
achieve durable complete responses and reduce recurrence rates
while extending treatment-free intervals; the estimated annual U.S.
patient population and demographics for LG-IR-NMIBC; the potential
of UroGen’s proprietary RTGel technology to improve therapeutic
profiles of existing drugs; and the potential of UroGen’s sustained
release technology to make local delivery more effective as
compared to other treatment options. Words such as “anticipate,”
“can,” “expect,” “if,” “potential,” “will,” or other words that
convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these
forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a
number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not
limited to: even though the NDA for UGN-102 has been accepted by
the FDA, there is no guarantee that such NDA will be sufficient to
support approval of UGN-102 on the timeframe expected, or at all;
the PDUFA goal date may be delayed due to various factors outside
UroGen’s control; past results are not necessarily indicative of
results that may be seen in the future, including in larger patient
populations; the ability to obtain and maintain regulatory
approval; complications associated with commercialization
activities; the labeling for any approved product; competition in
UroGen’s industry; the scope, progress and expansion of developing
and commercializing UroGen’s product candidates; the size and
growth of the market(s) therefor and the rate and degree of market
acceptance thereof vis-à-vis alternative therapies; UroGen’s
ability to attract or retain key management, members of the board
of directors and other personnel; UroGen’s RTGel technology may not
perform as expected; and UroGen may not successfully develop and
receive regulatory approval of any other product that incorporates
RTGel technology. In light of these risks and uncertainties, and
other risks and uncertainties that are described in the Risk
Factors section of UroGen’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q quarter
ended June 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on August 13, 2024 (which
is available at www.sec.gov), the events and circumstances
discussed in such forward-looking statements may not occur, and
UroGen’s actual results could differ materially and adversely from
those anticipated or implied thereby. Any forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are
based on information available to UroGen as of the date of this
release.
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