Stifel Reiterates Buy on Momenta Pharma (MNTA) Following Positive Phase 3 Data

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Momenta Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Top-Line Phase 3 Results for M923, a Proposed HUMIRA® (adalimumab) Biosimilar

November 29, 2016 8:00 AM EST

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNTA) today announced that the confirmatory Phase 3 clinical study of M923, a biosimilar HUMIRA® (adalimumab) candidate developed in collaboration with Baxalta, now part of Shire plc, in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis, met its primary endpoint. The proportion of subjects in the study who achieved the primary endpoint, at least 75% reduction in the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI-75) following 16 weeks of treatment, was equivalent between M923 and HUMIRA. The estimated difference in responders was well within the pre-specified confidence interval,... More