Somaxon Scheduled to Meet with FDA to Discuss Complete Response Letter for Silenor® NDA
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Companies:Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals, Inc. On Thursday December 17, 2009, 4:48 pm EST
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SOMX - News), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the in-licensing, development and commercialization of proprietary branded pharmaceutical products and late-stage product candidates for the treatment of diseases and disorders in the central nervous system therapeutic area, today stated that it is scheduled to meet with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 20, 2010 to discuss the New Drug Application (NDA) for Silenor® (doxepin) for the treatment of insomnia.
As Somaxon previously disclosed, on December 4, 2009 the company received a Complete Response Letter from the FDA in which the FDA stated that the NDA could not be approved in its present form. Somaxon previously received a Complete Response Letter for the NDA in February 2009, and it resubmitted the NDA in June 2009. Somaxon is seeking a pathway for potential approval of the NDA, focusing on alternatives that utilize the clinical data that has been submitted to the FDA to date.
Somaxon will provide an update regarding its discussions with the FDA relating to the Silenor NDA promptly after the company has analyzed the feedback it receives at the meeting.
About Silenor®
Silenor is a low-dose (3 mg, 6 mg) oral tablet formulation of doxepin hydrochloride that is patent protected for use in insomnia. Physicians have prescribed doxepin for more than 35 years for the treatment of depression and anxiety at dosages typically ranging from 75 mg to 300 mg per day. Based upon the controlled clinical trials of Silenor completed by Somaxon, the company believes that Silenor may be well tolerated by patients. In addition, the FDA has indicated that it will recommend that Silenor not be scheduled as a controlled substance.