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SCYNEXIS Presented Preclinical Data on Second Generation Fungerp SCY-247 against Mucormycosis at the 11th Advances Against Aspergillosis and Mucormycosis Conference
In vivo data demonstrated response rate for oral SCY-247 similar to current standard of care, intravenous Liposomal Amphotericin B, for the treatment of
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[{"type":"text","content":"In vivo data demonstrated response rate for oral SCY-247 similar to current standard of care, intravenous Liposomal Amphotericin B, for the treatment of mucormycosisCombination of SCY-247 and Liposomal Amphotericin B showed significant enhancement in survival and reduction in fungal burden in lung and brain tissue compared to monotherapies JERSEY CITY, N.J., Jan. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SCYNEXIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCYX), a biotechnology company pioneering innovative medicines to overcome and prevent difficult-to-treat and drug-resistant infections, today announced the presentation of preclinical efficacy data on its second generation fungerp candidate SCY-247. Dr. Ashraf Ibrahim, PhD, FAAM, FECCM, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and an investigator at the Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, presented a poster entitled, “SCY-247, a novel second-generation IV/oral triterpenoid antifungal, is efficacious in the neutropenic mouse model of pulmonary mucormycosis,” at the 11th Advances Against Aspergillosis and Mucormycosis (AAAM) Conference in Milan, Italy from January 25 – 27. Mucormycosis is a life-threatening fungal infection with an associated mortality that ranges from 46% to 96%4, most commonly affecting immunocompromised patients including those with leukemia, patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, and patients affected by severe COVID or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. In this highly lethal mouse model of mucormycosis, SCY-247 showed very promising in vivo efficacy. Orally administered SCY-247 resulted in 40% and 50% survival at 21 days post infection for the intermediate (32 mg/kg) and high doses (48 mg/kg), respectively, compared to 0% survival in the placebo group (p = 0.011 and 0.007, respectively). This is comparable to the 40% survival observed in the control group treated with 10 mg/kg of intravenous standard of care of liposomal amphotericin B (LAMB) (p = 0.008 vs. placebo). Even more encouraging was a 90% survival observed in the group receiving combination therapy of SCY-247 32 mg/kg plus LAMB 10 mg/kg (p “The potent antifungal efficacy of SCY-247 in a murine model of pulmonary mucormycosis alone and in combination with liposomal amphotericin B provides an important preclinical rationale for further development of this ...