Soligenix has the right to purchase the topical formulation. Credit: AdoreBeautyNZ from Pixabay.
Soligenix has signed an exclusive option agreement with Silk Road Therapeutics for the right to acquire Pentoxifylline (PTX) topical formulation intended to treat mucocutaneous ulcers in Behçet’s disease (BD) patients. ReportsLOA and PTSR Model - Satralizumab in Demyelinating Diseases GlobalData
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BD is a rare multisystem inflammatory vasculitis, which currently has no treatment.
It is estimated to impact around 18,000 people in the US and 80,000 in Europe, while 1,000,000 people are living with the disease across the globe.
Soligenix repmultisystem inflammatory vasculitis effective than colchicine in a Phase II proof-of-concept (POC) trial. BD patients were randomised to receive either standard-of-care colchicine therapy or colchicine in combination with topical PTX. Patients applied the PTX mucoadhesive grecurrent ulcersday for up to 14 days for treating current mouth ulcers. They also used their standard colchicine regimen. It was found that 83% of patients treated with PTX had index ulcer area shrinkage by day two, as against 19% of patients treated with only colchicine.
Soligenix president and CEO Christopher Schaber said: “The novel muco-adherent topical formulationmouth ulcersthe potential to fill a significcolchicinen the current treatment armamentarium for BD, where a clear unmet medical need exists. “General agreement amongst treating physicians PTXthat currenulcernt-line treatment/management options, such as oral and topical steroids, colchiciney ineffective and have a number of potentially significant safety issues when used long-term. “When transpainning to the more effective therapies, like biologics such as adalimumab and apremilast, the only approved treatment in BD, these longer-term safety concerns persist and are associated with a much higher financial burden to patients and/or payers in treating this lifelong condition.”