NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee voted (9 to 6) in favor of approval of ALO-02 (oxycodone hydrochloride and naltrexone hydrochloride) extended-release capsules for its proposed indication, “management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate.”
The Committees recommended the inclusion of abuse-deterrent labeling for intranasal (11 to 4) and intravenous (9 to 6) routes of abuse. They voted against inclusion of abuse-deterrent labeling for the oral route (6 to 9). The FDA will take the Committees’ recommendations into consideration before taking action on the New Drug Application for ALO-02.
“Pfizer believes the ALO-02 data support approval with abuse-deterrent labeling and we look forward to ongoing discussions with the FDA,” said Ken Verburg, PhD, Chief Development Officer, Neuroscience and Pain, Pfizer Inc. “Abuse-deterrent opioids are an important part of a multi-faceted approach to help address the growing abuse epidemic.”
About ALO-02 Technology
ALO-02 is the first investigational oxycodone formulated with sequestered naltrexone technology designed to help deter oral and non-oral abuse when crushed. ALO-02 extended-release capsules contain pellets that consist of oxycodone hydrochloride, an opioid agonist, which surround sequestered naltrexone hydrochloride, an opioid antagonist. When taken as directed, the naltrexone is intended to remain sequestered and patients receive oxycodone in an extended-release manner. Studies demonstrate that when the pellets are crushed, up to 100 percent of the sequestered naltrexone is released and is available to counteract the effects of oxycodone.
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DISCLOSURE NOTICE: The information contained in this release is as of June 8, 2016. Pfizer assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in this release as the result of new information or future events or developments. This release contains forward-looking information about a product candidate, ALO-02, including its potential benefits, that involves substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the uncertainties inherent in research and development, including, without limitation, the possibility of unfavorable clinical trial results, including unfavorable new clinical data and additional analyses of existing clinical data; whether and when the FDA may approve the new drug application for ALO-02, which will depend on the assessment by the FDA of the benefit-risk profile suggested by the totality of the efficacy and safety information submitted; decisions by regulatory authorities regarding labeling (including whether the FDA will approve abuse-deterrent labeling) and other matters that could affect the availability or commercial potential of ALO-02; and competitive developments.
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