SALT LAKE CITY, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Lipocine Inc.
(NASDAQ: LPCN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused
on metabolic and endocrine disorders, today announced that the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has accepted its New Drug
Application ("NDA") for TLANDO as testosterone replacement therapy
("TRT") in adult males for conditions associated with a deficiency
of endogenous testosterone, also known as hypogonadism.
The FDA has assigned November 9,
2019 as the Prescription Drug User Fee Act ("PDUFA") goal
date.
In 2018, approximately 7.2M
scripts were written for non-oral TRT. An easy to use non-invasive
oral TRT option has benefit over topicals due to no risk of
accidental testosterone transference. TLANDO is designed as a
fixed dose oral TRT. Research suggests that a fixed dose TRT
regimen may be a preferred regimen by payers, patients, and
prescribers. TLANDO and long acting TLANDO XR ("LPCN 1111") are
part of Lipocine's TRT franchise of development candidates.
The NDA incorporates data compiled by Lipocine in order to
address deficiencies identified by the FDA in a Complete Response
Letter ("CRL") to the Company in 2018 and discussed in the Post
Action Meeting with the FDA.
About Lipocine
Lipocine Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
focused on metabolic and endocrine disorders using its
proprietary drug delivery technologies. Lipocine's clinical
development pipeline includes TLANDO, LPCN 1144, TLANDO XR ("LPCN
1111"), LPCN 1148 and LPCN 1107. TLANDO, a novel oral prodrug of
testosterone containing testosterone undecanoate, is designed to
help restore normal testosterone levels in hypogonadal men. LPCN
1144, an oral product of bioidentical testosterone, recently
completed a proof-of-concept clinical study demonstrating the
potential utility in the treatment of pre-cirrhotic NASH.
TLANDO XR, a novel oral prodrug of testosterone, originated
and is being developed by Lipocine as a next-generation oral
testosterone product with potential for once-daily dosing. In a
phase 2 clinical evaluation when administered as once daily or
twice daily TLANDO XR met the typical primary and secondary end
points. LPCN 1148 is an oral prodrug of bioidentical testosterone
targeted for the treatment of NASH cirrhosis. LPCN 1107 is
potentially the first oral hydroxyprogesterone caproate product
candidate, with end of phase 2 meeting completed, indicated for the
prevention of recurrent preterm birth and has been granted orphan
drug designation by the FDA. For more information, please
visit www.lipocine.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" that are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and include statements that are not
historical facts regarding Lipocine's product candidates and
related current and future clinical trials, the timing of
completion of clinical trials, the potential uses and benefits of
our product candidates, the timing of the FDA NDA review process,
and our product development efforts. Investors are cautioned that
all such forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties, including, without limitation, the risks that the
FDA will not approve any of our products, risks related to our
products, expected product benefits not being realized, clinical
and regulatory expectations and plans not being realized, new
regulatory developments and requirements, risks related to the FDA
approval process including the receipt of regulatory approvals, the
results and timing of clinical trials, patient acceptance of
Lipocine's products, the manufacturing and commercialization of
Lipocine's products, and other risks detailed in Lipocine's filings
with the SEC, including, without limitation, its Form 10-K and
other reports on Forms 8-K and 10-Q, all of which can be obtained
on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Lipocine assumes no obligation
to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements
contained in this release, except as required by law.
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