SHANGHAI, China and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB), a China and U.S.-based innovative commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted its New Drug Application (NDA) for omadacycline for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) and acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI).
“This is another important step in the development of Zai as a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company,” said Dr. Samantha Du, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zai Lab. “This NDA is our third submission accepted for review by the China NMPA and our first anti-infective NDA and demonstrates our capabilities in therapeutic areas outside of oncology. The Chinese infectious disease market is significantly underserved, and innovation is desperately needed more than ever due to the rise in bacterial resistance.”
Dr. Harald Reinhart, Chief Medical Officer for Autoimmune and Infectious Diseases at Zai Lab added, “Omadacycline is particularly well positioned for the China market due to its broad activity covering a wide spectrum of pathogens (including multi-drug resistance) associated with CABP and ABSSSI. As it is available in intravenous (IV) and oral (PO) formulations, omadacycline provides the option for IV-to-PO step down therapy thus allowing physicians to discharge patients earlier and reduce exposure to hospital pathogens. There are limited treatment options against drug-resistant bacteria in China, and omadacycline is an innovative drug that can address such unmet medical needs.”
Omadacycline was originally developed by Zai’s partner Paratek Pharmaceuticals. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for both CABP and ABSSSI in October 2018 based on a comprehensive clinical trial program involving more than 2,000 patients. Zai’s omadacycline filing with the NMPA was accepted as a Category 1 drug and omadacycline will be locally manufactured in China.
About Omadacycline
Omadacycline (NUZYRA®) is a novel tetracycline, specifically designed to overcome tetracycline resistance and improve activity across a broad spectrum of bacterial infections such as those caused by Gram-positive, Gram-negative, atypical, and many other problem pathogens. NUZYRA was launched in the United States in February 2019 as a once-daily oral and intravenous antibiotic for the treatment of adults with CABP and ABSSSI.
About Zai Lab
Zai Lab (NASDAQ:ZLAB) is a China and U.S.-based innovative commercial stage biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing transformative medicines for cancer, infectious and autoimmune diseases to patients in China and around the world. Zai Lab’s experienced team has secured partnerships with leading global biopharma companies, generating a broad pipeline of innovative drug candidates targeting the fast-growing segments of China’s pharmaceutical market and addressing unmet medical needs. Zai Lab’s vision is to become a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company, discovering, developing, manufacturing and commercializing its partners’ and its own products in order to impact human health worldwide.
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