Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) Janssen Granted Priority Review for TMC207 NDA

September 5, 2012 7:34 AM EDT
Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ) Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Priority Review to the New Drug Application (NDA) for bedaquiline (TMC207) to treat pulmonary, multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in adults as part of combination therapy.

The FDA grants priority review to medicines that may offer major advances in care or provide a treatment option where no adequate therapy exists. Under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), the FDA will aim to complete its review within six months of the NDA submission. The NDA was submitted June 29.

The regulatory submission was supported by 24-week data from the Phase II clinical development program, which includes an open-label study and a controlled, randomized trial that evaluated the safety and efficacy of bedaquiline versus placebo in the treatment of patients with pulmonary MDR-TB in combination with a background regimen.

Bedaquiline is a diarylquinoline discovered by scientists at Janssen.


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