NDA submitted for Qnexa for obesity

Vivus announced that a New Drug Application (NDA) has been submitted to the FDA seeking approval of Qnexa (phentermine and topiramate, from Vivus) for the treatment of obesity, including weight loss and maintenance of weight loss, in patients who are obese or overweight with co-morbidities such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia or central adiposity.

The NDA submission follows the successful completion of the phase 3 program for Qnexa, including the recently announced results from the two pivotal, year-long phase 3 studies, EQUIP and CONQUER. In these trials, patients treated with all three doses of Qnexa achieved significant percent and categorical weight loss compared to placebo and met regulatory requirements for weight loss products as defined in the current FDA Guidance for Developing Products for Weight Management. Patients treated with Qnexa also had significant dose-related improvements in a variety of secondary endpoints including reductions in cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors.

Qnexa is an investigational drug being developed to address weight loss. Qnexa is a once-a-day, proprietary, oral, controlled-release formulation of low dose phentermine and topiramate, which is believed to address both appetite and satiety – the two main mechanisms that impact eating behavior – in one capsule. In phase 2 and 3 clinical studies, Qnexa has demonstrated significant weight loss, glycemic control, and improvement in cardiovascular risk factors.

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