regulatory
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.75
Unicycive receives FDA request for additional data on LDC NDA; timeline extended
Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc.
- FDA asked for risk assessment and clinical data to evaluate tolerability of lanthanum dioxycarbonate in dialysis patients.
- Pre-NDA meeting revealed quantitative differences in GI adverse findings between LDC and lanthanum carbonate.
- Company plans follow-up meeting with FDA and expects further updates in Q3 2023.
- Bioequivalence to Fosrenol was previously established in Phase I studies; no GI neoplasms seen in mouse study.
- LDC targets hyperphosphatemia in CKD dialysis patients; global market opportunity >$2.5B in 2023.