EMA Accepts MediWound’s Application for Extended Indication for NexoBrid to Treat Pediatric Patients with Severe Thermal Burns
EMA has initiated evaluation of the application to extend the use of NexoBrid to children aged newborn through eighteen. The submission is supported by the interim results of a global, Phase 3 trial (CIDS - Children Innovative Debridement Study), evaluating the safety and efficacy of NexoBrid in hospitalized pediatric patients, and by additional data available from children who participated in the EU phase 3 study (MW2004-11-02) and phase 2 studies conducted during the clinical development of NexoBrid.
“Today’s announcement reflects our long-term commitment to elevating burn care to a higher dimension. Adding pediatric burn victims is significant as they comprise more than 30% of the total burn population. The current standard of care is extremely traumatic to patients, as well as their families. NexoBrid enables clinicians to provide a safe, fast, and highly effective debridement option, independent of surgery, that addresses an unmet need in burn care, especially in the pediatric population,” said
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Top line Results demonstrated that the CIDS study successfully met its primary endpoint and secondary endpoints with a comparable safety profile to the standard of care. NexoBrid safety profile in children is consistent with the safety profile in adults. Patients’ follow-up is on-going.
NexoBrid development has been supported with federal funding from
About NexoBrid
NexoBrid (concentrate of proteolytic enzymes enriched in bromelain) is a topically administered biological product that enzymatically removes nonviable burn tissue, or eschar, in patients with deep partial and full-thickness thermal burns within four hours of application without harming viable tissue. NexoBrid is approved in 41 countries in the European Union and other international markets and is at registration-stage with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). NexoBrid has been designated as an orphan biologic drug in the United States, European Union and other international markets. Vericel holds an exclusive license for North American commercial rights to NexoBrid. The pivotal Phase 3 U.S. clinical study (DETECT) of NexoBrid in adult patients with deep partial-and full-thickness thermal burns up to 30% of total body surface area met its primary endpoint of complete eschar removal compared to gel vehicle as well as all secondary endpoints compared to standard of care (SOC), including shorter time to eschar removal, a lower incidence of surgical eschar removal and lower blood loss during eschar removal. Safety endpoints, including the key safety endpoint of non-inferiority in time to complete wound closure compared with patients treated with SOC, were also achieved. In addition, the twelve-month and twenty-four-month follow-up safety data of cosmesis and function were found to be comparable between the treatment and SOC arms, and no new safety signals were observed. NexoBrid is currently an investigational product in the
About MediWound
MediWound is a biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes novel, cost effective, bio-therapeutic solutions for tissue repair and regeneration. Our strategy leverages our enzymatic technology platform, focused on next-generation bioactive therapies for burn care, wound care and tissue repair.
NexoBrid, our commercial orphan biological product for non-surgical eschar removal of deep-partial and full-thickness thermal burns, is a bromelain-based biological product containing a sterile mixture of proteolytic enzymes that selectively removes burn eschar within four hours without harming surrounding viable tissue. NexoBrid is currently marketed in the European Union and other international markets and is at registration-stage with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). NexoBrid is supported by the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
EscharEx is our next-generation bioactive topical therapeutic under development in the U.S. for debridement of chronic and hard to heal wounds. EscharEx is well-tolerated and has demonstrated safety and efficacy in the debridement of various chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds, within a few daily applications in several Phase 2 trials. A meeting with the FDA to discuss the pivotal study design is targeted for the second half of 2022.
MW005, our topical biological drug for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers, is a clinical-stage product candidate under development. The initial data from a Phase I/II study showed MW005 to be safe and well-tolerated, with a majority of the patients who completed the study with MW005 achieving complete histological clearance of their target lesions. The Company anticipates announcing the final data in the second half of 2022.
Committed to innovation, we are dedicated to improving quality of care and patient lives. For more information, please visit www.mediwound.com.
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