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THE ONES TO WATCH
A PHARMA MATTERS REPORT.
JAnUARY-MARCH 2010




                       Expert review from Thomson Reuters of the most promising
                       drugs changing clinical phase, receiving approval and launched
                       this quarter, based on the strategic data and insight of
                       Thomson Pharma®, the world’s leading pharmaceutical
                       competitive intelligence solution.




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As the dust settles after the passing of the new healthcare
                                     bill in the United States, the consensus seems to be that the
                                     pharmaceutical industry has emerged relatively unscathed. For
                                     example, legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate with the
                                     pharmaceutical industry on the price of drugs was eliminated,
                                     protecting future revenues, and the estimated additional 32
                                     million Americans receiving insurance over the next decade
                                     should boost drug sales significantly. Policy analysts are
                                     suggesting drug industry revenues could increase by US$30
                                     billion in that time.
                                     Similarly, producers of biologic drugs will be relieved that
                                     biologics will have patent exclusivity for 12 years – rather than
                                     the 5-7 that generics companies were lobbying for. Biologic
                                     drugs represent only a small portion of industry sales, but
                                     they are a fast-growing area and the new legislation could
                                     inject optimism – vital in a field that requires much larger R&D
                                     investment than other types of drugs.
                                     But the drug industry will pay out US$85 billion in new fees, rebates
                                     and discounts under the new legislation, which could mean a rocky
                                     road for drug development in the short term if companies tighten
                                     belts and wait for the promised revenue growth.
                                     Will the industry optimistically pour money into drug
                                     development in the hope of capturing this new market or divert
                                     funds into ensuring it can survive in this new environment?
                                     Only time will tell. But this quarter’s The Ones to Watch sees a
                                     diverse range of products moving through the pipeline.
                                     Many could make drug administration easier for patients.
                                     Merck & Co’s Elonva® will slash the number of injections
                                     required by women undergoing follicle stimulation for assisted
                                     reproduction, while Zelos Therapeutics’ ZT-034, entering
                                     phase I trials this quarter, could potentially make nasal
                                     treatment for osteoporosis a reality.
                                     Small patient populations and those who suffer from serious
                                     diseases with few treatment options are also set to benefit.
                                     BioMarin is hoping that its BMN-195 candidate, also beginning
                                     phase I trials, will be the first treatment to reach the market
                                     specifically for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, while the same
                                     company’s Zenas® has been launched for the rare Lambert-
                                     Eaton myasthenic syndrome.
                                     Let’s take a closer look at the five most promising drugs
                                     launched or receiving approval, and moving through each of
                                     the clinical phases, between January and March 2010.




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THE FIvE MOST PROMISIng dRUgS lAUnCHEd OR
RECEIvIng APPROvAl
dRUg                   dISEASE                COMPAnY
Resolor®               Constipation           Movetis
Ampyra™                Multiple sclerosis     Acorda
Elonva®                Assisted               Merck & Co
                       reproduction
Zenas®                 Lambert-Eaton          BioMarin
                       myasthenic
                       syndrome
Menveo®                Meningitis             Novartis Vaccines
                                              & Diagnostics
First in this edition of The Ones to Watch we have an oral
treatment that could benefit women suffering from chronic
constipation. Women make up the majority of the estimated
35-50% of the patient population who have constipation
associated with impaired gut motility and do not respond to
dietary and lifestyle changes in combination with laxatives.
Resolor™ (prucalopride) was launched in Germany in January
2010 and in the UK in March 2010 after European approval
in October 2009. Developed by Movetis, under license from
Janssen (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson), Resolor offers
a new treatment option for these women. Resolor is the first
in a new class of selective, high-affinity agonists for serotonin
5-HT4 receptors, which trigger peristalsis, and is also under
investigation for the treatment of chronic constipation in men
and children, and for opioid-induced constipation.
Next up is Ampyra™ (dalfampridine), the first ever oral
therapy available to improve walking ability in multiple
sclerosis (MS) patients. Ampyra™, a tablet formulation of
fampridine, the potassium channel blocker, is the only drug to
have been shown in phase III trials to improve walking ability
– demonstrated by an increase in walking speed – in MS
patients, most of whom experience a decline in their mobility
as their disease progresses.
Developed by Acorda, under license from Elan, Ampyra™
was launched in the United States in March 2010. Crucially,
Ampyra™ can be taken by patients with acute and chronic MS
and alongside other drugs, including disease-modifying agents.
Rather than reducing the inflammation that damages the
central nervous system, as other MS treatments do, Ampyra™,
which is an extended-release formulation of fampridine, was
found in preclinical studies to increase signal transmission in
the nerves with damaged myelin sheaths that characterize MS.
Thomson Pharma forecasts sales of US$411.5 million in 2013
and analysts at Merriman Curhan Ford & Co expect sales to rise
to US$1 billion by 2015 or 2016.




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Turning to assisted reproduction, a new drug from Merck &
                                     Co, gained from its November 2009 acqusition of Schering-
                                     Plough, could reduce the number of injections received by
                                     women undergoing fertility treatment. Elonva® (corifollitropin
                                     alfa) is the first drug to sustain multiple follicular stimulation
                                     in the ovaries for a whole week, potentially doing away with the
                                     need for the first seven daily injections of recombinant follicle
                                     stimulating hormone (FSH) given to women during a controlled
                                     ovarian stimulation cycle. The subcutaneous injection, an
                                     agonist of FSH, is used in combination with a gonadotropin-
                                     releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist.
                                     Elonva® was approved in the EU in January 2010 after a set of
                                     phase III trials, including the ENGAGE trial of over 1,500 women
                                     in which the Elonva® regimen resulted in a similar amount of
                                     pregnancies as the standard follicle-stimulating treatment.
                                     Returning to potassium channel blockers, BioMarin
                                     Pharmaceutical announced in January 2010 the approval
                                     of the oral treatment Zenas® (amifampridine phosphate) for
                                     Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). As this issue of
                                     The Ones to Watch was going to press, this drug was launched
                                     in the UK and Germany. Developed by the pharmaceutical
                                     unit (AGEPS) of the Paris Public Hospital Authority, Zenas®
                                     is the first approved treatment for LEMS so has Orphan drug
                                     protection and a decade of marketing exclusivity in Europe, and
                                     Orphan drug designation in the United States.
                                     LEMS is a rare autoimmune disease in which auto-antibodies
                                     reduce the amount of acetylcholine released by nerve endings,
                                     resulting in muscle weakness, particularly in the legs and trunk.
                                     About 4-10 people per million have LEMS. Most treatment
                                     options focus on treating small-cell lung cancer, which half of
                                     LEMS patients also have, but treatment options are limited for
                                     this type of cancer. While immunosuppressive drugs to treat
                                     LEMS itself have been tested, issues with toxicity, and the
                                     difficulty of administering the necessary regimens, has limited
                                     their use.
                                     Amifampridine phosphate has been central to treating
                                     LEMS, but as an unapproved drug was available only on a
                                     compassionate basis. The approval of Zenas® will open up
                                     this treatment option to many more patients. BioMarin is also
                                     investigating Zenas® for the potential treatment of MS.
                                     We finish our review of newly approved or launched drugs with
                                     Menveo®, a quadrivalent meningitis vaccine approved by the
                                     FDA in February 2010 and in Europe in March 2010. Developed
                                     by Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, following the merger of
                                     Novartis and Chiron, it is the first quadrivalent vaccine against
                                     Neisseria meningitidis to be approved in Europe.




PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
Menveo® targets the A, C, Y and W-135 serogroups
of N. meningitidis and has been approved for the treatment
of people 11-55 years of age after success in a non-inferiority
phase III trial comparing it with an existing commercially
available quadrivalent vaccine.
The vaccine targets four of the five major bacterial groups
that cause meningococcal diseases and can lead to bacterial
meningitis and sepsis. This ability to target four subgroups is
important because the dominant forms of N. meningitidis in a
region can change over time and people travelling to new regions
may encounter new varieties of subgroups – meaning protection
from as many subcategories as possible is highly desirable.
Meningococcal disease progresses rapidly and patients can
die within 24-48 hours of the first symptoms. Up to one fifth of
survivors suffer life-long complications such as brain damage,
learning disabilities, hearing loss and limb loss.
The vaccine is being investigated for use in infants and toddlers,
another group at serious risk from bacterial meningitis.

THE FIvE MOST PROMISIng dRUgS EnTERIng
PHASE III TRIAlS
dRUg                   dISEASE               COMPAnY
custirsen              Solid tumors          OncoGenex
                                             Pharmaceuticals/
                                             Teva Pharmaceutical
                                             Industries
otamixaban             Thrombosis/           sanofi-aventis
                       cardiovascular
                       events
aleglitazar            Type 2 diabetes       Roche
ethynylestradiol       Contraception         Population Council
and Nestorone®
vaginal ring
Seprehvir              Glioblastoma          Crusade Laboratories
                       multiforme
We kick off our roundup of promising drugs entering
phase III trials with custirsen (OGX-011), an intravenous
infusion formulation of an antisense oligonucleotide that inibits
clusterin, a protein overproduced by cancer cells.
In January 2010 licensee Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which
is developing the drug along with OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals,
announced that custirsen was in phase III trials for solid tumors.
Phase III studies of the drug for first- and second-line therapy
of castration-resistant prostate cancer are due to begin later in
2010, and a phase III trial as a first-line therapy for advanced,
unresectable non-small cell lung cancer is planned for early 2011.




                                                                     PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
Encouraging phase II trials saw patients given custirsen in
                                     combination with docetaxel and prednisone experience better
                                     survival rates, less pain and a reduction in prostate-specific
                                     antigen compared with those on docetaxel and prednisone alone.
                                     Clusterin has been shown in preclinical testing to enhance
                                     cancer cell survival and is linked with faster disease progression
                                     and treatment resistance in patients. The protein is also
                                     produced in response to a range of cancer therapies, including
                                     hormone ablation therapy, chemotherapy and radiation
                                     therapy, and increased clusterin levels have been observed in
                                     a range of cancers, including prostate, non-small cell lung,
                                     breast, ovarian, bladder, renal, pancreatic and colon cancers,
                                     anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and melanoma. This suggests
                                     custirsen has the potential to treat many different cancers,
                                     including those that are treatment-resistant.
                                     Second in the group entering phase III trials is otamixaban from
                                     sanofi-aventis, a potential intravenous treatment for thrombosis
                                     and the prevention of cardiovascular events. Otamixaban is an
                                     antagonist of Factor Xa, preventing the formation of thrombin
                                     which is key to the formation of blood clots.
                                     Phase I/II trials in healthy patients and those with coronary
                                     artery disease showed otamixaban to be fast-acting – being
                                     rapidly distributed throughout the blood plasma – and with
                                     a shorter half-life, at just 30 minutes, than other synthetic
                                     Factor Xa inhibitors. It entered phase III trials for acute
                                     coronary syndrome, an umbrella term for signs and symptoms
                                     associated with heart attack, in February 2010. Such patients
                                     represent an unmet clinical need as almost one in ten die or
                                     suffer a second myocardial infarction in the week after an initial
                                     cardiovascular event.
                                     Cardiovascular complications are also the largest cause
                                     of death in type 2 diabetes patients. Roche is hoping that
                                     aleglitazar, for which enrollment for a phase III trial began in
                                     March 2010, will reduce the impact of cardiovascular events
                                     such as myocardial infarction and stroke in type 2 diabetes
                                     patients with recent acute coronary syndrome.
                                     Aleglitazar is an oral dual PPAR alpha and gamma agonist,
                                     designed to balance PPAR alpha/gamma activation. More
                                     specificially, PPAR gamma activation should result in increased
                                     peripheral insulin sensitivity – therefore improving glucose
                                     control – and PPAR alpha activation is associated with control
                                     of blood lipids. The phase II SYNCHRONY trial showed this to
                                     be the case, along with good safety and tolerability in type 2
                                     diabetes patients. While type 2 diabetics are encouraged to
                                     reduce their risk of high glucose and lipid levels, many fail to,
                                     leaving them vulnerable to cardiovascular events.




PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
The Population Council, along with North American marketing
partner Watson Pharmaceuticals, is developing a hormone-
releasing vaginal ring that could provide women with a unique
long-term, user-controlled method of contraception. The device
entered phase III trials in March 2010.
The one-year ring formulation releases Nestorone®, a novel
syntheic progestin, and the estrogen ethynylestradiol to inhibit
ovulation and maintain menstrual bleeding. It is designed
to simultaneously release both hormones for 13 cycles (one
year), with three continuous weeks in the vagina and one week
ring-free. Women should be able to insert and remove the
ring themselves, without the need for help from a healthcare
professional. Another advantage is that the overall exposure to
hormones is lower than the dose delivered by the daily self-
administration of a pill, for example.
Crusade Laboratories is exploiting the ability of the cold sore
virus, herpes simplex (HSV), to target the brain and cause
encephalitis by using an oncolytic gene-deleted variant to
kill brain tumor cells. Phase III trials of Seprehvir (HSV-1716)
were underway by March 2010 in patients with glioblastoma
multiforme, for which there is no treatment.
A single gene called ICP34.5, which is responsible for virus
replication and virulence, has been removed from HSV type
1, rendering it lethal only to replicating tumor cells, which it
enters and replicates in until it causes cell lysis. The therapy
which has shown no toxicity in early trials is also being
investigated for head and neck cancers, and melanoma.

THE FIvE MOST PROMISIng dRUgS EnTERIng
PHASE II TRIAlS
dRUg                   dISEASE                COMPAnY
ACU-4429               Dry age-               Acucela/Otsuka
                       related macular
                       degeneration
CK-2017357             Amyotrophic lateral    Cytokinetics
                       sclerosis
ErepoXen®              Anemia                 Lipoxen/Serum
                                              Institute of India
CMX-2043               Reperfusion injury     Ischemix
VB-201                 Psoriasis              VBL
The first of our agents beginning phase II trials mentioned in this
edition is a treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration
(dry AMD) from Acucela and licensee, Otsuka Pharmaceutical.
Dry AMD accounts for 90% of AMD cases – around 26 million
worldwide – and is a leading cause of sight loss in the over
50s, yet has no approved treatment. As light is converted into
electrical signals in the retina as part of the normal visual cycle
of the eye, toxic by-products build up over time, gradually




                                                                      PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
breaking down cells in the center of the retina (the macula),
                                     affecting visual acuity and color vision. Cases of the disease
                                     are expected to double worldwide in the next 20 years as the
                                     population ages.
                                     The ENVISION phase II trial began in January 2010 of an oral
                                     formulation of ACU-4429, a non-retinoid visual cycle modulator.
                                     By slowing the eye’s processing of light, ACU-4429 should
                                     decrease the build up of by-products and if given in the early
                                     stages of the disease, stop it progressing to blindness. The drug,
                                     which is easier to administer due to its oral formulation than
                                     laser surgery, photodynamic therapy and injections that are
                                     the mainstay of early wet AMD treatment, was developed using
                                     Acucela’s proprietery visual cycle modulation (VCM) technology.
                                     It received Fast Track status from the FDA in March 2010.
                                     Next up is a potential treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
                                     (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with
                                     muscle wasting. ALS sufferers rarely survive more than 3-5
                                     years, and death is usually caused by weakness in the skeletal
                                     muscles associated with breathing. Few treatment options
                                     exist. Cytokinetics is developing CK-2017357, the lead from
                                     a series of small-molecule, troponin complex activators that
                                     increase muscle cell sensitivity to calcium and increase skeletal
                                     muscle contractility.
                                     Phase I trials showed that CK-2017357 was well-tolerated and
                                     dose-dependently increased strength in the tibialis anterior
                                     muscle. A phase II trial began in March 2010.
                                     Patients with renal failure often experience anemia as the
                                     kidneys no longer produce enough erythropoietin (EPO),
                                     the hormone responsible for maintaining red blood cell
                                     production. Patients are treated with one to three injections
                                     of erythropoietin per week to prevent anemia. Lipoxen is
                                     hoping that its injectable ErepoXen® (polysialic erythropoietin)
                                     formulation of EPO can improve patient experience by reducing
                                     the frequency of doses to just once a month. Phase II trials of
                                     ErepoXen® began with partner Serum Institute of India under
                                     European regulations in March 2010.
                                     The EPO in ErepoXen® is a polysialylated form. Polysialic acid
                                     (PSA) is a biodegradable polymer of sialic acid which is found
                                     naturally in the human body, suggesting that ErepoXen® may
                                     prove to be less immunogenic and toxic that standard EPO. In
                                     phase I trials, it caused a sustained rise in hemoglobin levels for
                                     28 days after dosing.
                                     Reperfusion injury, caused by damaging inflammation to
                                     tissues upon re-entry of blood after ischemia during surgery, is a
                                     common side effect for which there is no prevention. Ischemix is
                                     hoping that its candidate CMX-2043, which began phase II trials
                                     in March 2010, could meet some of this clinical need. CMX-2043
                                     has two pharmacophores and works by both reducing calcium
                                     entry to the ischemic tissue and preventing oxidative stress. It




PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
acts through the PI3 kinase pathway to activate Akt.
Preclinical tests in rodents showed reductions in reperfusion
arrhythmia and other markers of reperfusion injury in CMX-
2043-treated animals.
Moving on to auto-inflammatory diseases, VBL Therapeutics
is developing VB-201 (CI-201), a small-molecule oxidized
phospholipid for the oral treatment of a range of inflammatory
diseases. A phase II trial for mild to moderate psoriasis, along
with a sub-group of atherosclerosis patients, began in January
2010. VB-201 is the first in a new class of drugs and is believed
to act by inhibiting the production of the pro-inflammatory
cytokines IL-12/23p40 by dendritic cells and macrophages,
counterbalancing pro-inflammatory immune system activity
without affecting system-wide immune factors.
Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disease for which there
is no treatment. Current therapies focus on minimizing the
symptoms of the disease, which include raised, dry skin lesions. A
significant number of psoriasis patients also have atherosclerosis
caused by chronic inflammation. VB-201 has shown a strong
anti-atherosclerosis effect in preclinical studies.
VB-201 is also being investigated for the treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis, MS and inflammatory bowel disease.

THE FIvE MOST PROMISIng dRUgS EnTERIng
PHASE I TRIAlS
dRUg                   dISEASE               COMPAnY
BMN-195                Duchenne muscular     BioMarin
                       dystrophy
ZT-034 (nasal spray)   Osteoporosis          Zelos
IMO-3100               Autoimmune            Idera
                       diseases
DPX-0907               Cancer                Immunovaccine
MyoCell SDF-1          Cardiovascular        Bioheart
                       disease
Our first candidate making the leap from the laboratory to
the clinic in this quarter is BMN-195, a potential treatment
for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a muscle-wasting
disease for which there is no approved treatment. Around
40,000 people suffer from DMD in the developed world, most
of whom will die by their early 20s from respiratory and cardiac
function failure due to muscle wastage.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, under license from Summit, began a
phase I safety trial in healthy volunteers of BMN-195 in January
2010. The candidate has been shown to upregulate expression
of the utrophin gene – a homolog of the missing or damaged
dystrophin gene that characterizes DMD – in human muscle
cells in the laboratory, and in mouse models of DMD where




                                                                     PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
animals given BMN-195 have become stronger. Utrophin is
                                     present only in fetal muscle cells, and it is hoped its presence in
                                     the muscles of DMD patients will ameriolate the disease. BMN-
                                     195 is the first candidate drug to work via utrophin stimulation
                                     to enter development.
                                     Elli Lilly’s teriparatide (Forteo™) is a synthetic human parathyroid
                                     hormone (hPTH) for the treatment of severe osteoporosis. An
                                     injectable formulation, Forteo acts by increasing bone formation
                                     by regulating calcium and phosphate levels in bones, and in
                                     combination with calcium and vitamin supplements increases
                                     bone growth and reduces the risk of fractures in people with
                                     severe osteoporosis. But the drug must be injected daily
                                     and Zelos Therapeutics is hoping that its nasal formulation
                                     of teriparatide, ZT-034, will provide simple, convenient
                                     administration for patients. ZT-034 is being compared with
                                     Forteo in a phase I trial that began in January 2010. ZT-034
                                     uses Aegis Therapeutics’ Intravail technology, which has been
                                     successful in the intranasal delivery of other peptides.
                                     Sales of Forteo reached US$816.7 million in 2009. Zelos
                                     believes the nasal spray formulation could expand the
                                     market to US$1 billion annually. Zelos is also investigating a
                                     subcutaneous formulation of teriparatide.
                                     Idera is hoping to use a completely novel mode of action
                                     to treat autoimmune and inflammatory conditions such as
                                     lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis,
                                     colitis and hyperlipidemia. In January 2010, a phase I safety
                                     trial of subcutaneously administered IMO-3100, a DNA-based
                                     antagonist of toll-like receptors 7 and 9, began in healthy
                                     volunteers. TLR-7 and TLR-9 are found in cells of the innate
                                     immune system and play a key role in autoimmune disorders.
                                     IMO-3100 has shown strong ability to suppress immune responses
                                     mediated via TLR-7 and TLR-9 in preclinical studies, and has
                                     been effective against a range of autoimmune and inflammatory
                                     diseases in mouse and non-human primate models. Idera will
                                     select an autoimmune indication for further clinical development
                                     of the drug after completing two phase I trials.
                                     Our penultimate drug in this edition of the The Ones to Watch is
                                     a therapeutic anticancer vaccine delivered by a novel method.
                                     DPX-0907, the first Immunovaccine product to enter clinical trials,
                                     is made up of seven proprietary peptide cancer antigens licensed
                                     from Immunotope that are believed to be found on the surface
                                     of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer cells. These antigens are
                                     delivered, along with an adjuvant, by Immmunovaccine’s novel
                                     sustained-release technology, DepoVax.




PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
A phase I study for ovarian, breast and prostate cancer began in
March 2010 as Immunovaccine announced plans to outlicense
the vaccine after phase I or II trials. Preclinical data have shown
DPX-0907 to effectively eliminate tumors.
The seven antigens are encapsulated in liposomes within an
oil carrier which is then freeze dried. Upon preparation for
injection, these active components remain in the oil phase,
creating a depot effect, or store of vaccine in the subcutaneous
tissue, presenting the antigens and adjuvant to the immune
system for a long period and producing a significant immune
response against the cancer cells, but not healthy cells.
And finally, Bioheart, under license from the Cleveland Clinic,
is developing an improved formulation of its MyoCell therapy,
MyoCell SDF-1. MyoCell involves the injection of autologous
skeletal myoblasts into the scar tissue of the heart and has
been shown in clinical trials to induce the expression of
markers important for muscle contraction and so could improve
contractile function of the heart.
MyoCell SDF-1 differs in that the myoblasts are genetically
modified to express the growth protein SDF-1 before injection.
It is hoped that higher levels of SDF-1 will stimulate the
recruitment of the patient’s existing stem cells to the cell
transplanted area, aiding in tissue repair and blood vessel
formation. In preclinical animal studies MyoCell SDF-1
improved heart function by 54%, compared with 27% with the
original MyoCell formulation and 10% with placebo.
A phase I trial began in February 2010 in congestive heart
failure (CHF) patients in Jordan and is the first FDA approved
trial of a combined gene/cell therapy for CHF.




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  • 1. Image CopyrIght: REUTERS/ERIC THAYER THE ONES TO WATCH A PHARMA MATTERS REPORT. JAnUARY-MARCH 2010 Expert review from Thomson Reuters of the most promising drugs changing clinical phase, receiving approval and launched this quarter, based on the strategic data and insight of Thomson Pharma®, the world’s leading pharmaceutical competitive intelligence solution. AWARDED TO THOMSON SCIENT FIC LIMITED (THE SCIENTIFIC BUS NESS OF THOMSON REUTERS)
  • 2. As the dust settles after the passing of the new healthcare bill in the United States, the consensus seems to be that the pharmaceutical industry has emerged relatively unscathed. For example, legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate with the pharmaceutical industry on the price of drugs was eliminated, protecting future revenues, and the estimated additional 32 million Americans receiving insurance over the next decade should boost drug sales significantly. Policy analysts are suggesting drug industry revenues could increase by US$30 billion in that time. Similarly, producers of biologic drugs will be relieved that biologics will have patent exclusivity for 12 years – rather than the 5-7 that generics companies were lobbying for. Biologic drugs represent only a small portion of industry sales, but they are a fast-growing area and the new legislation could inject optimism – vital in a field that requires much larger R&D investment than other types of drugs. But the drug industry will pay out US$85 billion in new fees, rebates and discounts under the new legislation, which could mean a rocky road for drug development in the short term if companies tighten belts and wait for the promised revenue growth. Will the industry optimistically pour money into drug development in the hope of capturing this new market or divert funds into ensuring it can survive in this new environment? Only time will tell. But this quarter’s The Ones to Watch sees a diverse range of products moving through the pipeline. Many could make drug administration easier for patients. Merck & Co’s Elonva® will slash the number of injections required by women undergoing follicle stimulation for assisted reproduction, while Zelos Therapeutics’ ZT-034, entering phase I trials this quarter, could potentially make nasal treatment for osteoporosis a reality. Small patient populations and those who suffer from serious diseases with few treatment options are also set to benefit. BioMarin is hoping that its BMN-195 candidate, also beginning phase I trials, will be the first treatment to reach the market specifically for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, while the same company’s Zenas® has been launched for the rare Lambert- Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Let’s take a closer look at the five most promising drugs launched or receiving approval, and moving through each of the clinical phases, between January and March 2010. For more information on Thomson Pharma and Thomson Pharma Partnering visit go.thomsonreuters.com/commercial or email scientific.lifesciences@thomsonreuters.com PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
  • 3. THE FIvE MOST PROMISIng dRUgS lAUnCHEd OR RECEIvIng APPROvAl dRUg dISEASE COMPAnY Resolor® Constipation Movetis Ampyra™ Multiple sclerosis Acorda Elonva® Assisted Merck & Co reproduction Zenas® Lambert-Eaton BioMarin myasthenic syndrome Menveo® Meningitis Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics First in this edition of The Ones to Watch we have an oral treatment that could benefit women suffering from chronic constipation. Women make up the majority of the estimated 35-50% of the patient population who have constipation associated with impaired gut motility and do not respond to dietary and lifestyle changes in combination with laxatives. Resolor™ (prucalopride) was launched in Germany in January 2010 and in the UK in March 2010 after European approval in October 2009. Developed by Movetis, under license from Janssen (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson), Resolor offers a new treatment option for these women. Resolor is the first in a new class of selective, high-affinity agonists for serotonin 5-HT4 receptors, which trigger peristalsis, and is also under investigation for the treatment of chronic constipation in men and children, and for opioid-induced constipation. Next up is Ampyra™ (dalfampridine), the first ever oral therapy available to improve walking ability in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Ampyra™, a tablet formulation of fampridine, the potassium channel blocker, is the only drug to have been shown in phase III trials to improve walking ability – demonstrated by an increase in walking speed – in MS patients, most of whom experience a decline in their mobility as their disease progresses. Developed by Acorda, under license from Elan, Ampyra™ was launched in the United States in March 2010. Crucially, Ampyra™ can be taken by patients with acute and chronic MS and alongside other drugs, including disease-modifying agents. Rather than reducing the inflammation that damages the central nervous system, as other MS treatments do, Ampyra™, which is an extended-release formulation of fampridine, was found in preclinical studies to increase signal transmission in the nerves with damaged myelin sheaths that characterize MS. Thomson Pharma forecasts sales of US$411.5 million in 2013 and analysts at Merriman Curhan Ford & Co expect sales to rise to US$1 billion by 2015 or 2016. PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
  • 4. Turning to assisted reproduction, a new drug from Merck & Co, gained from its November 2009 acqusition of Schering- Plough, could reduce the number of injections received by women undergoing fertility treatment. Elonva® (corifollitropin alfa) is the first drug to sustain multiple follicular stimulation in the ovaries for a whole week, potentially doing away with the need for the first seven daily injections of recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) given to women during a controlled ovarian stimulation cycle. The subcutaneous injection, an agonist of FSH, is used in combination with a gonadotropin- releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist. Elonva® was approved in the EU in January 2010 after a set of phase III trials, including the ENGAGE trial of over 1,500 women in which the Elonva® regimen resulted in a similar amount of pregnancies as the standard follicle-stimulating treatment. Returning to potassium channel blockers, BioMarin Pharmaceutical announced in January 2010 the approval of the oral treatment Zenas® (amifampridine phosphate) for Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). As this issue of The Ones to Watch was going to press, this drug was launched in the UK and Germany. Developed by the pharmaceutical unit (AGEPS) of the Paris Public Hospital Authority, Zenas® is the first approved treatment for LEMS so has Orphan drug protection and a decade of marketing exclusivity in Europe, and Orphan drug designation in the United States. LEMS is a rare autoimmune disease in which auto-antibodies reduce the amount of acetylcholine released by nerve endings, resulting in muscle weakness, particularly in the legs and trunk. About 4-10 people per million have LEMS. Most treatment options focus on treating small-cell lung cancer, which half of LEMS patients also have, but treatment options are limited for this type of cancer. While immunosuppressive drugs to treat LEMS itself have been tested, issues with toxicity, and the difficulty of administering the necessary regimens, has limited their use. Amifampridine phosphate has been central to treating LEMS, but as an unapproved drug was available only on a compassionate basis. The approval of Zenas® will open up this treatment option to many more patients. BioMarin is also investigating Zenas® for the potential treatment of MS. We finish our review of newly approved or launched drugs with Menveo®, a quadrivalent meningitis vaccine approved by the FDA in February 2010 and in Europe in March 2010. Developed by Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, following the merger of Novartis and Chiron, it is the first quadrivalent vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis to be approved in Europe. PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
  • 5. Menveo® targets the A, C, Y and W-135 serogroups of N. meningitidis and has been approved for the treatment of people 11-55 years of age after success in a non-inferiority phase III trial comparing it with an existing commercially available quadrivalent vaccine. The vaccine targets four of the five major bacterial groups that cause meningococcal diseases and can lead to bacterial meningitis and sepsis. This ability to target four subgroups is important because the dominant forms of N. meningitidis in a region can change over time and people travelling to new regions may encounter new varieties of subgroups – meaning protection from as many subcategories as possible is highly desirable. Meningococcal disease progresses rapidly and patients can die within 24-48 hours of the first symptoms. Up to one fifth of survivors suffer life-long complications such as brain damage, learning disabilities, hearing loss and limb loss. The vaccine is being investigated for use in infants and toddlers, another group at serious risk from bacterial meningitis. THE FIvE MOST PROMISIng dRUgS EnTERIng PHASE III TRIAlS dRUg dISEASE COMPAnY custirsen Solid tumors OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals/ Teva Pharmaceutical Industries otamixaban Thrombosis/ sanofi-aventis cardiovascular events aleglitazar Type 2 diabetes Roche ethynylestradiol Contraception Population Council and Nestorone® vaginal ring Seprehvir Glioblastoma Crusade Laboratories multiforme We kick off our roundup of promising drugs entering phase III trials with custirsen (OGX-011), an intravenous infusion formulation of an antisense oligonucleotide that inibits clusterin, a protein overproduced by cancer cells. In January 2010 licensee Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which is developing the drug along with OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, announced that custirsen was in phase III trials for solid tumors. Phase III studies of the drug for first- and second-line therapy of castration-resistant prostate cancer are due to begin later in 2010, and a phase III trial as a first-line therapy for advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer is planned for early 2011. PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
  • 6. Encouraging phase II trials saw patients given custirsen in combination with docetaxel and prednisone experience better survival rates, less pain and a reduction in prostate-specific antigen compared with those on docetaxel and prednisone alone. Clusterin has been shown in preclinical testing to enhance cancer cell survival and is linked with faster disease progression and treatment resistance in patients. The protein is also produced in response to a range of cancer therapies, including hormone ablation therapy, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and increased clusterin levels have been observed in a range of cancers, including prostate, non-small cell lung, breast, ovarian, bladder, renal, pancreatic and colon cancers, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and melanoma. This suggests custirsen has the potential to treat many different cancers, including those that are treatment-resistant. Second in the group entering phase III trials is otamixaban from sanofi-aventis, a potential intravenous treatment for thrombosis and the prevention of cardiovascular events. Otamixaban is an antagonist of Factor Xa, preventing the formation of thrombin which is key to the formation of blood clots. Phase I/II trials in healthy patients and those with coronary artery disease showed otamixaban to be fast-acting – being rapidly distributed throughout the blood plasma – and with a shorter half-life, at just 30 minutes, than other synthetic Factor Xa inhibitors. It entered phase III trials for acute coronary syndrome, an umbrella term for signs and symptoms associated with heart attack, in February 2010. Such patients represent an unmet clinical need as almost one in ten die or suffer a second myocardial infarction in the week after an initial cardiovascular event. Cardiovascular complications are also the largest cause of death in type 2 diabetes patients. Roche is hoping that aleglitazar, for which enrollment for a phase III trial began in March 2010, will reduce the impact of cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke in type 2 diabetes patients with recent acute coronary syndrome. Aleglitazar is an oral dual PPAR alpha and gamma agonist, designed to balance PPAR alpha/gamma activation. More specificially, PPAR gamma activation should result in increased peripheral insulin sensitivity – therefore improving glucose control – and PPAR alpha activation is associated with control of blood lipids. The phase II SYNCHRONY trial showed this to be the case, along with good safety and tolerability in type 2 diabetes patients. While type 2 diabetics are encouraged to reduce their risk of high glucose and lipid levels, many fail to, leaving them vulnerable to cardiovascular events. PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
  • 7. The Population Council, along with North American marketing partner Watson Pharmaceuticals, is developing a hormone- releasing vaginal ring that could provide women with a unique long-term, user-controlled method of contraception. The device entered phase III trials in March 2010. The one-year ring formulation releases Nestorone®, a novel syntheic progestin, and the estrogen ethynylestradiol to inhibit ovulation and maintain menstrual bleeding. It is designed to simultaneously release both hormones for 13 cycles (one year), with three continuous weeks in the vagina and one week ring-free. Women should be able to insert and remove the ring themselves, without the need for help from a healthcare professional. Another advantage is that the overall exposure to hormones is lower than the dose delivered by the daily self- administration of a pill, for example. Crusade Laboratories is exploiting the ability of the cold sore virus, herpes simplex (HSV), to target the brain and cause encephalitis by using an oncolytic gene-deleted variant to kill brain tumor cells. Phase III trials of Seprehvir (HSV-1716) were underway by March 2010 in patients with glioblastoma multiforme, for which there is no treatment. A single gene called ICP34.5, which is responsible for virus replication and virulence, has been removed from HSV type 1, rendering it lethal only to replicating tumor cells, which it enters and replicates in until it causes cell lysis. The therapy which has shown no toxicity in early trials is also being investigated for head and neck cancers, and melanoma. THE FIvE MOST PROMISIng dRUgS EnTERIng PHASE II TRIAlS dRUg dISEASE COMPAnY ACU-4429 Dry age- Acucela/Otsuka related macular degeneration CK-2017357 Amyotrophic lateral Cytokinetics sclerosis ErepoXen® Anemia Lipoxen/Serum Institute of India CMX-2043 Reperfusion injury Ischemix VB-201 Psoriasis VBL The first of our agents beginning phase II trials mentioned in this edition is a treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD) from Acucela and licensee, Otsuka Pharmaceutical. Dry AMD accounts for 90% of AMD cases – around 26 million worldwide – and is a leading cause of sight loss in the over 50s, yet has no approved treatment. As light is converted into electrical signals in the retina as part of the normal visual cycle of the eye, toxic by-products build up over time, gradually PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
  • 8. breaking down cells in the center of the retina (the macula), affecting visual acuity and color vision. Cases of the disease are expected to double worldwide in the next 20 years as the population ages. The ENVISION phase II trial began in January 2010 of an oral formulation of ACU-4429, a non-retinoid visual cycle modulator. By slowing the eye’s processing of light, ACU-4429 should decrease the build up of by-products and if given in the early stages of the disease, stop it progressing to blindness. The drug, which is easier to administer due to its oral formulation than laser surgery, photodynamic therapy and injections that are the mainstay of early wet AMD treatment, was developed using Acucela’s proprietery visual cycle modulation (VCM) technology. It received Fast Track status from the FDA in March 2010. Next up is a potential treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with muscle wasting. ALS sufferers rarely survive more than 3-5 years, and death is usually caused by weakness in the skeletal muscles associated with breathing. Few treatment options exist. Cytokinetics is developing CK-2017357, the lead from a series of small-molecule, troponin complex activators that increase muscle cell sensitivity to calcium and increase skeletal muscle contractility. Phase I trials showed that CK-2017357 was well-tolerated and dose-dependently increased strength in the tibialis anterior muscle. A phase II trial began in March 2010. Patients with renal failure often experience anemia as the kidneys no longer produce enough erythropoietin (EPO), the hormone responsible for maintaining red blood cell production. Patients are treated with one to three injections of erythropoietin per week to prevent anemia. Lipoxen is hoping that its injectable ErepoXen® (polysialic erythropoietin) formulation of EPO can improve patient experience by reducing the frequency of doses to just once a month. Phase II trials of ErepoXen® began with partner Serum Institute of India under European regulations in March 2010. The EPO in ErepoXen® is a polysialylated form. Polysialic acid (PSA) is a biodegradable polymer of sialic acid which is found naturally in the human body, suggesting that ErepoXen® may prove to be less immunogenic and toxic that standard EPO. In phase I trials, it caused a sustained rise in hemoglobin levels for 28 days after dosing. Reperfusion injury, caused by damaging inflammation to tissues upon re-entry of blood after ischemia during surgery, is a common side effect for which there is no prevention. Ischemix is hoping that its candidate CMX-2043, which began phase II trials in March 2010, could meet some of this clinical need. CMX-2043 has two pharmacophores and works by both reducing calcium entry to the ischemic tissue and preventing oxidative stress. It PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
  • 9. acts through the PI3 kinase pathway to activate Akt. Preclinical tests in rodents showed reductions in reperfusion arrhythmia and other markers of reperfusion injury in CMX- 2043-treated animals. Moving on to auto-inflammatory diseases, VBL Therapeutics is developing VB-201 (CI-201), a small-molecule oxidized phospholipid for the oral treatment of a range of inflammatory diseases. A phase II trial for mild to moderate psoriasis, along with a sub-group of atherosclerosis patients, began in January 2010. VB-201 is the first in a new class of drugs and is believed to act by inhibiting the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-12/23p40 by dendritic cells and macrophages, counterbalancing pro-inflammatory immune system activity without affecting system-wide immune factors. Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disease for which there is no treatment. Current therapies focus on minimizing the symptoms of the disease, which include raised, dry skin lesions. A significant number of psoriasis patients also have atherosclerosis caused by chronic inflammation. VB-201 has shown a strong anti-atherosclerosis effect in preclinical studies. VB-201 is also being investigated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, MS and inflammatory bowel disease. THE FIvE MOST PROMISIng dRUgS EnTERIng PHASE I TRIAlS dRUg dISEASE COMPAnY BMN-195 Duchenne muscular BioMarin dystrophy ZT-034 (nasal spray) Osteoporosis Zelos IMO-3100 Autoimmune Idera diseases DPX-0907 Cancer Immunovaccine MyoCell SDF-1 Cardiovascular Bioheart disease Our first candidate making the leap from the laboratory to the clinic in this quarter is BMN-195, a potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a muscle-wasting disease for which there is no approved treatment. Around 40,000 people suffer from DMD in the developed world, most of whom will die by their early 20s from respiratory and cardiac function failure due to muscle wastage. BioMarin Pharmaceutical, under license from Summit, began a phase I safety trial in healthy volunteers of BMN-195 in January 2010. The candidate has been shown to upregulate expression of the utrophin gene – a homolog of the missing or damaged dystrophin gene that characterizes DMD – in human muscle cells in the laboratory, and in mouse models of DMD where PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
  • 10. animals given BMN-195 have become stronger. Utrophin is present only in fetal muscle cells, and it is hoped its presence in the muscles of DMD patients will ameriolate the disease. BMN- 195 is the first candidate drug to work via utrophin stimulation to enter development. Elli Lilly’s teriparatide (Forteo™) is a synthetic human parathyroid hormone (hPTH) for the treatment of severe osteoporosis. An injectable formulation, Forteo acts by increasing bone formation by regulating calcium and phosphate levels in bones, and in combination with calcium and vitamin supplements increases bone growth and reduces the risk of fractures in people with severe osteoporosis. But the drug must be injected daily and Zelos Therapeutics is hoping that its nasal formulation of teriparatide, ZT-034, will provide simple, convenient administration for patients. ZT-034 is being compared with Forteo in a phase I trial that began in January 2010. ZT-034 uses Aegis Therapeutics’ Intravail technology, which has been successful in the intranasal delivery of other peptides. Sales of Forteo reached US$816.7 million in 2009. Zelos believes the nasal spray formulation could expand the market to US$1 billion annually. Zelos is also investigating a subcutaneous formulation of teriparatide. Idera is hoping to use a completely novel mode of action to treat autoimmune and inflammatory conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, colitis and hyperlipidemia. In January 2010, a phase I safety trial of subcutaneously administered IMO-3100, a DNA-based antagonist of toll-like receptors 7 and 9, began in healthy volunteers. TLR-7 and TLR-9 are found in cells of the innate immune system and play a key role in autoimmune disorders. IMO-3100 has shown strong ability to suppress immune responses mediated via TLR-7 and TLR-9 in preclinical studies, and has been effective against a range of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases in mouse and non-human primate models. Idera will select an autoimmune indication for further clinical development of the drug after completing two phase I trials. Our penultimate drug in this edition of the The Ones to Watch is a therapeutic anticancer vaccine delivered by a novel method. DPX-0907, the first Immunovaccine product to enter clinical trials, is made up of seven proprietary peptide cancer antigens licensed from Immunotope that are believed to be found on the surface of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer cells. These antigens are delivered, along with an adjuvant, by Immmunovaccine’s novel sustained-release technology, DepoVax. PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
  • 11. A phase I study for ovarian, breast and prostate cancer began in March 2010 as Immunovaccine announced plans to outlicense the vaccine after phase I or II trials. Preclinical data have shown DPX-0907 to effectively eliminate tumors. The seven antigens are encapsulated in liposomes within an oil carrier which is then freeze dried. Upon preparation for injection, these active components remain in the oil phase, creating a depot effect, or store of vaccine in the subcutaneous tissue, presenting the antigens and adjuvant to the immune system for a long period and producing a significant immune response against the cancer cells, but not healthy cells. And finally, Bioheart, under license from the Cleveland Clinic, is developing an improved formulation of its MyoCell therapy, MyoCell SDF-1. MyoCell involves the injection of autologous skeletal myoblasts into the scar tissue of the heart and has been shown in clinical trials to induce the expression of markers important for muscle contraction and so could improve contractile function of the heart. MyoCell SDF-1 differs in that the myoblasts are genetically modified to express the growth protein SDF-1 before injection. It is hoped that higher levels of SDF-1 will stimulate the recruitment of the patient’s existing stem cells to the cell transplanted area, aiding in tissue repair and blood vessel formation. In preclinical animal studies MyoCell SDF-1 improved heart function by 54%, compared with 27% with the original MyoCell formulation and 10% with placebo. A phase I trial began in February 2010 in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients in Jordan and is the first FDA approved trial of a combined gene/cell therapy for CHF. PHARMA MATTERS | THE OnES TO WATCH
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