Heron Therapeutics (HRTX) Receives CRL for HTX-011 for Management of Postoperative Pain
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today announced that it received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 26, 2020 regarding its New Drug Application (NDA) for HTX-011 for the management of postoperative pain.
The CRL stated that the FDA is unable to approve the NDA in its present form based on the need for additional non-clinical information. Based on the complete review of the NDA, the FDA did not identify any clinical safety or efficacy issues or CMC issues. There are four non-clinical issues in the CRL, none of which relate to any observed toxicity. Three relate to confirming exposure of excipients in preclinical reproductive toxicology studies, and the fourth relates to changing the manufacturing release specification of the allowable level of an impurity based on animal toxicology coverage. We do not believe that any of the issues are significant barriers to ultimate approval, as all of the excipients have extensive histories of use in pharmaceuticals and the specification can be revised. The Company will request a Type A meeting to obtain agreement with the Agency on our responses and resubmit the application as quickly as possible.
"We are committed to resolving the non-clinical issues outlined in the CRL with the FDA and resubmitting an NDA as soon as possible to bring this important non-opioid analgesic to patients," said Barry Quart, Pharm.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Heron.
Conference Call and Webcast
Heron will host a conference call and webcast today, June 29, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. ET (6:00 a.m. PT). The conference call can be accessed by dialing 877-311-5906 for domestic callers and 281-241-6150 for international callers. Please provide the operator with the passcode 3252267 to join the conference call. The conference call will be available via webcast under the Investor Relations section of Heron's website at www.herontx.com. An archive of today's teleconference and webcast will be available on Heron's website for 60 days following the call.