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Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Reports the US FDA's Acceptance of NDA for Zokinvy (lonafarnib) to Treat Progeria and Progeroid Laminopathies

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Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Reports the US FDA's Acceptance of NDA for Zokinvy (lonafarnib) to Treat Progeria and Progeroid Laminopathies

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  • The US FDA has accepted the NDA for accelerated review of Zokinvy (lonafarnib) and has granted PR designation with the anticipated PDUFA date as Nov 20- 2020. The US FDA is not planning to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss the application
  • The NDA includes the data from the study published in JAMA 2018 that demonstrated an 88% reduction in the risk of mortality in patients with Progeria treated with Zokinvy as monothx. After 2.2yrs follow up- Zokinvy reported lower mortality rate as compared with no treatment (3.7% vs 33.3%)
  • Zokinvy is an orally active inhibitor of farnesyltransferase- an enzyme involved in modification of proteins via prenylation and has received FDA & EMA’s ODD and FDA’s BTD & RPD designation

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