Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc (Nasdaq: FENC; TSX: FRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing and granted Priority Review for the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for PEDMARK™ (a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate). PEDMARK is said to be an investigational drug for the prevention of ototoxicity induced by cisplatin chemotherapy in patients one month to <18 years of age with localized, non-metastatic, solid tumors.
“The FDA filing acceptance of our NDA and granting of Priority Review represents a significant milestone in the development of PEDMARK and we look forward to working closely with the Agency during this review process,” said Rosty Raykov, CEO of Fennec.
The FDA grants Priority Review to applications for medicines that treat a serious condition, and, if approved, would demonstrate the potential to be a significant improvement in the safety or effectiveness of the treatment, diagnosis, or prevention of a serious condition. Priority Review designation shortens the review period from the standard 10 months to six months from the submission of the NDA. The FDA set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target action date of August 10, 2020 for the completion of FDA’s review.
Source: Fennec
