21.04.2008 16:30:00
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BioAlliance Pharma Announces Preliminary Results from the Pivotal US Phase III Trial for Loramyc(TM)
Regulatory News:
BioAlliance Pharma SA (Paris:BIO) a specialty pharmaceutical company
focused on the treatment of opportunistic infections, in cancer and HIV,
today announced the preliminary positive results for its US pivotal
Phase III clinical trial with Loramyc™
(miconazole Lauriad®), Mucoadhesive Buccal
Tablets (MBT) developed for the treatment of OroPharyngeal Candidiasis
in immunocompromised population. This trial was conducted to support an
NDA filing to market the product in the US.
Loramyc™ achieved its pre-specified two
co-primary endpoints both in Intent To Treat (ITT) and Per Protocol (PP)
populations. The primary end point was a complete resolution of signs
and symptoms (complete clinical cure). In this pivotal phase III trial
carried out according to a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy design
in 577 HIV - positive patients, 290 patients received Loramyc™
applied once a day and 287 patients were administered clotrimazole
troches 5 times a day, as defined during the pre-IND meeting with the
FDA. As usual in this indication, the pivotal phase III trial was
designed to demonstrate the non-inferiority versus a reference drug. All
secondary endpoints were also met and the product confirmed its already
established good safety profile.
"Based on this study and the results
from the European phase III trials, BioAlliance is confident that Loramyc™
strongly confirms its properties in terms of efficacy and safety. We are
very proud to achieve this important milestone we can fully credit our
team for, as well as our external partners,”
said Dominique Costantini, BioAlliance Pharma's President and CEO. "We
also had the strong support of our highly experienced scientific
committee and investigators involved in this trial, including the
professors L. Patton, M. A. Ghannoum and J. Epstein. We will now be
working on our filing application, and depending on favourable review of
the full study results and ongoing discussions with the FDA, an NDA
could be filed in the 2nd half of
2008,” Mrs. Costantini continued.
Loramyc™ is designed
to enable concentrated and localised once daily dosing of the active
ingredient at the site of infection. The product is approved in Europe
by Mutual Recognition Procedure and already marketed in France.
According to the July 2007 exclusive licensing agreement signed with Par
Pharmaceutical, Inc., Strativa Pharmaceuticals, the proprietary products
division of Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., will be responsible for marketing
Loramyc™ in the U.S.
About BioAlliance Pharma
BioAlliance Pharma SA is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on
the treatment of opportunistic infections in cancer and HIV. The company
develops and commercializes innovative products which address resistance
issues. The company has launched its first portfolio product (Loramyc®)
in France and already received European Marketing Authorizations in UK,
Germany, Belgium, Denmark and Luxemburg. The compound has completed the
pivotal Phase III clinical development in oropharyngeal candidiasis in
the USA. In addition, two other innovative products are currently in
Phase III clinical trials: acyclovir Lauriad®
in oral herpes (based on the same Lauriad®
muco-adhesive technology as Loramyc®, which
enables targeted release at the disease site) and doxorubicin Transdrug®
in primary liver cancer (based on the Transdrug®
nanoparticle technology, designed specifically for intracellular
targeting of resistant cells). The company is also developing a new
therapeutic entities program focused on the oncology and infectious
disease markets.
In 2007, the company has established strategic alliances for
commercializing Loramyc® in Europe (with JV
SpeBio) and the USA with Par Pharmaceutical. In March 2008, BioAlliance
Pharma signed a partnership agreement with Handok Pharmaceuticals for
commercializing Loramyc® in Korea, Taiwan,
Singapore and Malaysia.
For more information, visit BioAlliance Pharma's website at www.bioalliancepharma.com.
Disclaimer This communication expressly or implicitly contains certain
forward-looking statements concerning BioAlliance Pharma SA and its
business. Such statements involve certain known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which could cause the actual results,
financial condition, performance or achievements of BioAlliance Pharma
SA to be materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
BioAlliance Pharma SA is providing this communication as of this date
and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements
contained herein as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. For a discussion of risks and uncertainties which could cause
actual results, financial condition, performance or achievements of
BioAlliance Pharma SA to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors ("Facteurs
de Risque") section of the reference document approved by the AMF on
April 11 2008 under the number R. 08-021, which is available on the AMF
website (http://www.amf-france.org)
or on BioAlliance Pharma S.A.'s website (http://www.bioalliancepharma.com).
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