ViiV submits New Drug Application for inhibitor for the treatment of HIV

ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK , with Pfizer, Inc. and Shionogi, Inc  as shareholders, today completed submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval of fostemsavir, an investigational, first-in-class attachment inhibitor for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Fostemsavir is being developed for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents in heavily treatment-experienced adults with multidrug-resistant HIV-1 infection who are unable to form a suppressive regimen due to resistance, intolerance or safety considerations.

Antiretroviral medicines that can effectively suppress HIV have been instrumental in decreasing disease progression, HIV transmission, and AIDS-related deaths, but because of HIV’s ability to constantly change, some individuals can develop viral resistance to antiretroviral medicines, causing their treatment regimens to fail. Challenges with tolerability, safety, and drug-to-drug interactions may further decrease the number of acceptable antiretroviral therapies available to design effective treatment regimens. There remains an unmet need for these individuals who are considered heavily treatment-experienced and who are unable to successfully suppress their HIV.

Deborah Waterhouse, CEO of ViiV Healthcare, said: “Fostemsavir may provide an important treatment option for the group of people living with HIV who, for a variety of reasons, are not able to suppress their virus with other medicines and could be left with few or no treatments available to them. In keeping with our mission of leaving no person with HIV behind, we have overcome many barriers to bring this important new medicine to people living with HIV, including investing in what is a very complex manufacturing process. We look forward to working with the FDA to make fostemsavir available to the people in the US who need it.”

This submission is supported by the data from the pivotal phase III BRIGHTE study in heavily treatment-experienced people living with multidrug-resistant HIV. The 96-week results from the BRIGHTE study were most recently presented in July at the 10^th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019) in Mexico City.

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