Alkermes plc
ALKS
announced that it received positive votes for ALKS 3831 from the joint meeting of the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, appointed by the FDA. Shares of the company increased 13.2% following the news in pre-market. However, shares of the company have decreased 17.4% year to date against the
industry
’s growth of 1.8%.
ALKS 3831 (olanzapine/samidorphan) is an investigational, novel, once-daily, oral atypical antipsychotic drug candidate being evaluated for the treatment of adults with schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder. Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to function.
During the joint meeting, the group voted that the samidorphan meaningfully mitigates olanzapine-associated weight gain with a 16-1 vote. The committee also ruled the safety profile of ALKS 3831, which has been adequately characterized with a 13-3 vote.The committees jointly voted that labeling is sufficient to mitigate the risks related to the opioid antagonist action of samidorphan in an 11-6 vote.
Though the FDA is not bound by it, the joint advisory committee’s recommendationswill be considered by the agencyin its review of the new drug application (NDA) for ALKS 3831.The action date for the ALKS 3831 NDA is Nov 15, 2020. The NDA is supported by data from 18 studies evaluating ALKS 3831 and nine studies evaluating samidorphan alone.
Other drugsin the schizophrenia treatment market include AstraZeneca plc’s
AZN
Seroquel XR, Johnson & Johnson’s
JNJ
Risperdal Consta and AbbVie’s
ABBV
Vraylar. Vraylar is also approved for the treatment of adults with major depressive episodes related to bipolar I disorder.
Alkermes currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see
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