NVA237, a glycopyrronium bromide dry powder formulation licensed by Novartis from Sosei and Vectura has met its primary endpoint in the Phase 3 GLOW2 trial. According to Sosei, the study showed that NVA237 had similar efficacy to tiotropium and provided significant improvement in lung function when given once a day to COPD patients with moderate-to-severe disease.
Sosei CEO Shinichi Tamura said, “GLOW2 is the second NVA237 Phase 3 study to meet its primary end point and further endorses the benefit of NVA237 in COPD patients. We look forward to Novartis filing the product in 2011, followed by the filing of QVA149, the fixed-dose combination of NVA237 and indacaterol, expected to occur in 2012.”
Read the Sosei press release.
