ABC
1Main
2Brand NameRemodulin
3Generic:treprostinil
4Indications:PAH (Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension)
5AdministrationIV
6Economics
7Pricing3.5% increase on 7/1/2006 to 100K a year. North of 100k in Q1 2009. 3/25/10 price increase of 9.6%.
8SafetySepsis investigation ongoing by CDC. Report issued on 2/23/2007.
9Remodulin shoewd a higher rate of BSI and gram- sepsis compared to Flolan. The CDC did not make recommendations.
102.6 higher BSI and 12.7 higher risk of sepsis. It is still very rare.
11IP5,153,222 (method of use) expires 2014. May 2009 orphan status expiry. Schoenebaum: "Tough to make, why hasn't anyone filed ANDA?"
12Assigned to Burroughs Wellcome
13CompetitionActelion's room-temperature stable Flolan?
14Clinical Trials
15Phase III P01:04 n=224
16Failed to meet primary endpoint.
17Median improvement in 6MW was 1 meter for placebo and 3 meters for Remodulin, p=0.06.
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19Phase III P01:05 n=244
20Median decline in 6MW was 3 meters for placebo versus an improvement in 16 meters for Remodulin, p=0.06.
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22Phase II n=25 enrolled during 1998
23Placebo declined by 6 meters from baseline at week 8.
24UT-15 (Remodulin) increased by 37-39m at week 8.