Strongbridge Biopharma plc Announces Additional Steps to Improve Operational Efficiencies and Appoints New Lead Independent Director
~ The Company Remains Focused on Completing the LOGICS Study and Submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) for RECORLEV™ (levoketoconazole), While Ensuring Continued Growth and Profitability of KEVEYIS® (dichlorphenamide) and Serving the Unmet Needs of the
Strongbridge intends to optimize its resources for completing the development of RECORLEV™ (levoketoconazole) and continuing to grow KEVEYIS® (dichlorphenamide), and expects to realize an estimated annualized cost savings of approximately
“We believe that this reduction in force, coupled with the recent elimination of all commercial costs related to MACRILEN, will better align the Company’s resources with our long-term strategic priorities,” said
Strongbridge also today announced the appointment of Garheng Kong, M.D., Ph.D., to Lead Independent Director of the Company’s Board of Directors.
“Garheng has exceptional experience in creating and building high-growth and innovation-based healthcare businesses. On behalf of the board of directors, we are pleased to welcome him to this new role,” Johnson added.
Dr. Kong is founder and managing partner of
As previously reported in Strongbridge’s third quarter 2019 financial results:
John H. Johnson , who has served as chairman of Strongbridge since 2015, recently assumed the position of executive chairman, and is leading the organization while the board of directors conducts a formal search to identify a new chief executive officer;- The Company remains on track to meet or exceed the top end of the full-year 2019 KEVEYIS® revenue guidance range of
$18 million to $20 million ; - The Company had
$79.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and no debt outstanding as ofSeptember 30, 2019 ; and - The Company extended its cash runway guidance by at least three months, and now believes it can fund operations as currently planned through the second quarter of 2021.
About
About RECORLEV
RECORLEV™ (levoketoconazole) is an investigational cortisol synthesis inhibitor in development for the treatment of patients with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome, a rare but serious and potentially lethal endocrine disease caused by chronic elevated cortisol exposure. RECORLEV is the pure 2S,4R enantiomer of ketoconazole, a steroidogenesis inhibitor. RECORLEV is believed to significantly suppress serum cortisol in healthy subjects and has the potential to be a next-generation cortisol inhibitor.
The Phase 3 program for RECORLEV consists of SONICS and LOGICS: two multinational studies designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of RECORLEV when used to treat endogenous Cushing’s syndrome. The SONICS study met its primary and secondary endpoints, demonstrating a statistically significant normalization rate of urinary free cortisol at six months. The ongoing LOGICS study is a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized-withdrawal study of RECORLEV that is designed to supplement the long-term efficacy and safety information supplied by SONICS.
RECORLEV has received orphan drug designation from the
About KEVEYIS
KEVEYIS® (dichlorphenamide) is indicated for the treatment of primary hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, primary hypokalemic periodic paralysis, and related variants. In clinical studies, the most common side effects of KEVEYIS were a numbness or tingling, difficulty thinking and paying attention, changes in taste, and confusion. These are not all of the possible side effects that you may experience with KEVEYIS. Talk to your doctor if you have any symptoms that bother you or do not go away. You are encouraged to report side effects to
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