Oramed (ORMP) Submits Pre-IND Request to FDA for Oral Exenatide Capsule
JERUSALEM, July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ORMP) (www.oramed.com), a developer of oral drug delivery systems, announced today that it submitted a pre-Investigational New Drug (pre-IND) meeting request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a US-based trial on its orally ingestible exenatide capsule, ORMD-0901.
Nadav Kidron, CEO of Oramed, commented, “We are very pleased to have submitted this pre-IND meeting request letter as part of our efforts to advance ORMD-0901 into US clinical trials. We look forward to the FDA’s response and preparing ourselves accordingly in our efforts leading up to full IND submission on our second product.”
About Oramed Pharmaceuticals
Oramed Pharmaceuticals is a technology pioneer in the field of oral delivery solutions for drugs and vaccines currently delivered via injection. Established in 2006, Oramed’s technology is based on over 30 years of research by top research scientists at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center. Oramed is seeking to revolutionize the treatment of diabetes through its proprietary flagship product, an orally ingestible insulin capsule (ORMD-0801) currently initiating Phase 2 clinical trials on patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) under an Investigational New Drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and with its oral exenatide capsule (ORMD-0901; a GLP-1 analog), with trials on healthy volunteers (Phase 1b) and T2DM patients (Phase 2a) underway. The company’s corporate and R&D headquarters are based in Jerusalem.
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