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Zai Lab Announces First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Recent Corporate Updates

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Mercredi, mai 8, 2024

Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2024, along with recent product highlights and corporate updates.

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  • Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2024, along with recent product highlights and corporate updates.
  • “Our first quarter results demonstrate strong commercial execution and pipeline progress across our potential first- and best-in-class product portfolio,” said Dr. Samantha Du, Founder, Chairperson, and Chief Executive Officer of Zai Lab.
  • In March 2024, Zai Lab presented findings from preclinical studies highlighting the therapeutic potential of ZL-1310 at the European Lung Cancer Congress (ELCC) 2024.
  • Zai Lab to initiate a global Phase 2 study in mild-to-moderate chronic plaque psoriasis in the second quarter of 2024.

Basilea reports presentation of new data for ceftobiprole (Zevtera®) at ESCMID Global 2024

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Vendredi, mai 3, 2024

Data presented on a third poster demonstrated that bloodstream clearance was achieved at a median of four days after the start of treatment in both the ceftobiprole and comparator groups.

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  • Data presented on a third poster demonstrated that bloodstream clearance was achieved at a median of four days after the start of treatment in both the ceftobiprole and comparator groups.
  • In the group treated with ceftobiprole, fewer patients had Staphylococcus aureus-positive blood cultures after ten days compared to the comparator treatment group.
  • An oral presentation focused on a re-analysis of the previously conducted ceftobiprole phase 3 study in patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP).
  • Using the FDA-CABP-2020 primary endpoint of early clinical success at day 3 after study start, this re-analysis supported the non-inferiority of ceftobiprole to ceftriaxone ± linezolid.

Basilea announces US FDA approval of antibiotic ZEVTERA® (ceftobiprole medocaril) for three indications

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Jeudi, avril 4, 2024

David Veitch, Chief Executive Officer of Basilea, said: “We are excited with the US approval of ZEVTERA.

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  • David Veitch, Chief Executive Officer of Basilea, said: “We are excited with the US approval of ZEVTERA.
  • The positive decision by the FDA is a key milestone towards bringing ZEVTERA to patients in the US.
  • This approval is a landmark for ceftobiprole and reflects its broad clinical utility.
  • Through this partnership, Basilea has been awarded approximately USD 112 million, or approximately 75 percent of the costs related to the SAB and ABSSSI phase 3 studies, regulatory activities and non-clinical work.

FDA Approves New Antibiotic for Three Different Uses

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Mercredi, avril 3, 2024

"The FDA will continue our important work in this area as part of our efforts to protect the public health."

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  • "The FDA will continue our important work in this area as part of our efforts to protect the public health."
  • Zevtera's efficacy in treating SAB was evaluated in a randomized, controlled, double-blind, multinational, multicenter trial .
  • In the trial, researchers randomly assigned 390 subjects to receive Zevtera (192 subjects) or daptomycin plus optional aztreonam [the comparator] (198 subjects).
  • A total of 69.8% of subjects who received Zevtera achieved overall success compared to 68.7% of subjects who received the comparator.

Basilea provides portfolio status update

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Vendredi, janvier 5, 2024

By year-end 2023, Cresemba was marketed in more than 70 countries, including the United States (US), most EU member states, China and Japan.

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  • By year-end 2023, Cresemba was marketed in more than 70 countries, including the United States (US), most EU member states, China and Japan.
  • In August, Basilea submitted a similar application for a pediatric label extension of Cresemba in the European Union and anticipates a decision by the European Commission around mid-2024.
  • Basilea expects to enter into a commercialization partnership agreement for ceftobiprole in the US prior to the FDA decision.
  • For fosmanogepix, Basilea anticipates to start a phase 3 study in invasive yeast infections mid-2024 and a phase 3 study in invasive mold infections, by year-end 2024.

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Quofenix, delafloxacin, Date of authorisation: 16/12/2019, Revision: 6, Status: Authorised

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Mardi, janvier 2, 2024

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Quofenix, delafloxacin, Date of authorisation: 16/12/2019, Revision: 6, Status: Authorised

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Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Quofenix, delafloxacin, Date of authorisation: 16/12/2019, Revision: 6, Status: Authorised

Paratek Pharmaceuticals Announces Inclusion of Oral NUZYRA® in China’s National Reimbursement Drug List

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Mercredi, décembre 13, 2023

Earlier this year, NHSA added the intravenous (IV) formulation of NUZYRA to the NRDL for the treatment of CABP and ABSSSI.

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  • Earlier this year, NHSA added the intravenous (IV) formulation of NUZYRA to the NRDL for the treatment of CABP and ABSSSI.
  • “The addition of oral NUZYRA to China’s NRDL allows millions of patients increased accessibility, at reduced prices, to the once-daily oral and IV formulations of this life-saving therapy for serious community-acquired infections,” said Evan Loh, M.D., Paratek chief executive officer.
  • “This inclusion further expands China’s antibiotic armamentarium to address antimicrobial resistance, an ever-growing, urgent, global public health crisis.
  • Paratek’s partner in China, Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688), received approval of both IV and oral NUZYRA as a Category 1 innovative drug by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China for the treatment of CABP and ABSSSI in December 2021.

Basilea reports new data for ceftobiprole (Zevtera®) presented at US IDWeek Congress 2023

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Mardi, octobre 17, 2023

Dr. Marc Engelhardt, Chief Medical Officer of Basilea, stated: “The data presented at IDWeek provide further evidence for the potent antimicrobial activity of ceftobiprole against MRSA and other clinically relevant pathogens.

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  • Dr. Marc Engelhardt, Chief Medical Officer of Basilea, stated: “The data presented at IDWeek provide further evidence for the potent antimicrobial activity of ceftobiprole against MRSA and other clinically relevant pathogens.
  • It also provides results of pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling supporting the dosing regimens to treat severe bacterial infections from the successful clinical phase 3 studies.
  • Abstract #1946 – In Vitro Activity of Ceftobiprole against Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Isolates from the United States (2018–2020) – L. Duncan, M. Castanheira, J. I.
  • Smart, M. E. Jones, P. G. Ambrose, K. Litherland
    Abstract #2561 – Population Pharmacokinetic Analyses for Ceftobiprole Using Data from Phase 1 and 3 Studies – A. P. Cammarata, K. Litherland, M. C. Safir, S. M. Bhavnani, M. Saulay, J. I.

Basilea announces FDA acceptance of New Drug Application for antibiotic ceftobiprole

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Lundi, octobre 2, 2023

Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date set for April 03, 2024

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  • Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date set for April 03, 2024
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    Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, Allschwil (SIX: BSLN), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to meeting the needs of patients with severe bacterial or fungal infections, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing the New Drug Application (NDA) for the antibiotic ceftobiprole, which was submitted to the FDA on August 3rd this year.
  • The FDA has set April 03, 2024, as the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date.
  • Basilea is planning to commercialize ceftobiprole in the US through a partner and intends to enter into such a partnership prior to the PDUFA goal date.

Basilea announces New England Journal of Medicine publication of phase 3 data on ceftobiprole for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

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Jeudi, septembre 28, 2023

ERADICATE is the largest registrational study for SAB conducted to date and ceftobiprole showed similar clinical benefit compared to daptomycin, which is a standard of care antibiotic in the treatment of SAB.

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  • ERADICATE is the largest registrational study for SAB conducted to date and ceftobiprole showed similar clinical benefit compared to daptomycin, which is a standard of care antibiotic in the treatment of SAB.
  • Using a pre-defined non-inferiority margin of 15%, treatment with ceftobiprole was non-inferior to daptomycin with overall treatment success achieved in 69.8% of patients in the ceftobiprole group compared to 68.7% in the daptomycin group.
  • The results for the primary study outcome were consistent in key subgroups, including patients with either methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).
  • Ceftobiprole was generally well tolerated and showed a safety profile consistent with previous phase 3 studies and the post-marketing experience.