SIFI and Avanzanite Bioscience’s Akantior (Polihexanide) Gains the EC’s Approval to Treat Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK)
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- Following recommendations from the EMA’s CHMP & COMP, the EC has approved Akantior to treat AK among adults & adolescents (≥12yrs.)
- Approval was based on the data from P-III (ODAK) study in AK patients (n=135), published in Ophthalmology, demonstrating that the disease cured in 84.8%, full vision restoration was found in 66.7% with none of them requiring optical cornea transplant and 7.5% needing a therapeutic cornea transplant
- Avanzanite received the exclusive commercialization rights of Akantior in European Economic Area and Switzerland as per an agreement b/w the Avanzanite and SIFI
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