Inventiva S.A. (‘Inventiva’ or the ‘Company’), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), systemic sclerosis (SSc) and mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), today announced the successful completion of three key milestones in the development of its lead product, lanifibranor.
New patent granted by the USPTO protecting the use of lanifibranor in numerous fibrotic diseases
On August 21, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted a new patent protecting until June 2035 the therapeutic use of lanifibranor in the treatment of various fibrotic conditions, including NASH and SSc.
This patent strengthens and extends in the United States the term of protection of lanifibranor derived from the New Chemical Entity (NCE) patent expiring in December 2031 (this expiration date includes a possible five-year extension to compensate for regulatory delays in obtaining the marketing approval).
Enrolment of the first patient in the United States Phase II study for the treatment of NAFLD in patients with type 2 diabetes
Following the agreement with the University of Florida to conduct a Phase II study in the United States with lanifibranor for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients with type 2 diabetes, the first of 64 patients for this study has been enrolled in August 2018. The recruitment of the other patients continues in accordance with the planned schedule and top line results are expected in early 2020.
The overall objective of the study , led by Dr Kenneth Cusi, Head of the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism in the Department of Medicine at the University of Florida at Gainesville, is to measure the metabolic improvements induced by lanifibranor, as well as its effects on hepatic steatosis in patients with type 2 diabetes and NAFLD. In addition, this study will examine the impact of lanifibranor on fibrosis using the latest imaging and biomarker technologies.
FDA approval of the IND application enabling to launch the clinical development plan in the United States.
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