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Axsome Therapeutics Completes Successful FDA Pre-NDA Meeting for AXS-05 for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
NDA submission on track for 4Q 2020 NEW YORK, July 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXSM), a biopharmaceutical company
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[{"type":"text","content":" NDA submission on track for 4Q 2020\n NEW YORK, July 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXSM), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for the management of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced that it has completed a successful pre-New Drug Application (NDA) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AXS-05 for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). AXS-05 is a novel, oral, investigational NMDA receptor antagonist with multimodal activity. The purpose of the meeting was to reach agreement with the FDA on the proposed content and format of the Company’s planned NDA submission including the clinical and nonclinical requirements. Based on the feedback from the FDA, the Company believes its regulatory data package will be sufficient to support an NDA for AXS-05 in MDD, and Axsome remains on track to submit the planned NDA in the fourth quarter of 2020. Acceptance of the final NDA will be subject to the FDA’s review of the complete filing. Axsome received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the FDA for AXS-05 for the treatment of MDD in March 2019. “Axsome is pleased with the outcome of our recent pre-NDA meeting with the FDA, which confirmed the studies and data to be presented in our planned NDA submission of AXS-05 in major depressive disorder,” said Herriot Tabuteau, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Axsome. “We remain on track to complete the submission in the fourth quarter. As a Breakthrough Therapy designated program, AXS-05 is eligible for Priority Review, and we look forward to continuing to work with the FDA to bring this new potential therapy to patients living with depression as quickly as possible. If approved, AXS-05 has the potential to be the first oral, NMDA receptor antagonist for the treatment of depression.” Axsome previously announced positive results from two pivotal, randomized, controlled trials of AXS-05 in patients with a confirmed diagnosis of moderate to severe MDD, the GEMINI and ASCEND trials, which demonstrated rapid, substantial, and statistically significant reductions in depressive symptoms with AXS-05 compared to control. In the 327-patient, placebo-controlled GEMINI trial, AXS-05 met the primary endpoint by demonstrating a reduction from baseline in the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) tot...