Theravance Biopharma Highlights Approval of Trelegy Ellipta (Closed Triple) as the First Once-Daily Single Inhaler Triple Therapy for the Treatment of Appropriate Patients with COPD in the US
Theravance Biopharma Entitled to Receive 85% Economic Interest in Trelegy Ellipta Royalties Paid by GlaxoSmithKline as Part of Agreement with Innoviva
DUBLIN, Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBPH) ("Theravance Biopharma") today highlighted that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Trelegy Ellipta, the triple combination therapy of fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium, and vilanterol in a single ELLIPTA® inhaler (previously referred to as the Closed Triple), for the long-term, once-daily, maintenance treatment of appropriate patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Trelegy Ellipta is a drug development program for which Theravance Biopharma has an economic interest in future payments that may be made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) or one of its affiliates pursuant to its agreements with Innoviva (formerly Theravance, Inc.). Theravance Biopharma is entitled to receive an 85% economic interest in the royalties paid by GSK on worldwide net sales. Those royalties are upward-tiering from 6.5% to 10%. Theravance Biopharma is not responsible for any costs related to Trelegy Ellipta.
In an announcement dated September 18, 2017, GSK and Innoviva stated that the FDA approval for Trelegy Ellipta is for COPD patients with chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema, who are on a fixed-dose combination of fluticasone furoate and vilanterol for airflow obstruction and reducing exacerbations in whom additional treatment of airflow obstruction is desired or for patients who are already receiving umeclidinium and a fixed-dose combination of fluticasone furoate and vilanterol. The companies noted that following this approval by the FDA, Trelegy Ellipta will be available in the US shortly. The product is not indicated for relief of acute bronchospasm or the treatment of asthma. Additionally, GSK and Innoviva reported that regulatory applications have been submitted and are undergoing assessment in a number of other countries, including the European Union, Australia and Canada.
"We are excited by the US approval of Trelegy Ellipta, providing COPD patients with access to a unique and first-in-class once-daily triple therapy treatment. This approval also serves as a meaningful milestone for Theravance Biopharma. Our economic interest in the worldwide net sales of Trelegy Ellipta represents an important strategic asset and will contribute to the overall growth of the Company," said Rick E Winningham, chairman and chief executive officer of Theravance Biopharma. "We extend our congratulations to the teams at GSK and Innoviva for conducting an excellent development program in support of this product."
Trelegy Ellipta is a combination therapy that represents a unique approach to COPD treatment by combining the activity of three molecules with different mechanisms of action in a single, simple-to-use delivery device. The combination treatment includes: fluticasone furoate (FF), an inhaled corticosteroid; umeclidinium (UMEC), a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA); and vilanterol (VI), a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist (LABA). This combination has been formulated to be delivered once-daily in GSK's ELLIPTA® dry powder inhaler.
About Theravance Biopharma
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. is a diversified biopharmaceutical company with the core purpose of creating medicines that help improve the lives of patients suffering from serious illness.
Our pipeline of internally discovered product candidates includes potential best-in-class medicines to address the unmet needs of patients being treated for serious conditions primarily in the acute care setting. VIBATIV® (telavancin), our first commercial product, is a once-daily dual-mechanism antibiotic approved in the U.S., Europe and certain other countries for certain difficult-to-treat infections. Revefenacin (TD-4208) is a long-acting muscarinic antagonist ("LAMA") being developed as a potential once-daily, nebulized treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ("COPD"). Our neprilysin ("NEP") inhibitor program is designed to develop selective NEP inhibitors for the treatment of a range of major cardiovascular and renal diseases, including acute and chronic heart failure, hypertension and chronic kidney diseases such as diabetic nephropathy. Our research efforts are focused in the areas of inflammation and immunology, with the goal of designing medicines that provide targeted drug delivery to tissues in the lung and gastrointestinal tract in order to maximize patient benefit and minimize risk. The first program to emerge from this research is designed to develop intestinally restricted pan-Janus kinase ("JAK") inhibitors for the treatment of a range of inflammatory intestinal diseases.
In addition, we have an economic interest in future payments that may be made by Glaxo Group Limited or one of its affiliates (GSK) pursuant to its agreements with Innoviva, Inc. relating to certain drug development programs, including Trelegy Ellipta (the combination of fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium, and vilanterol in a single ELLIPTA® inhaler, previously referred to as the Closed Triple), currently approved in the US for the treatment of appropriate COPD patients and in development for the treatment of COPD in several other countries. The product is also currently in development for the treatment of asthma.
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