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Sol-Gel Technologies Reports Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update
Sol-Gel on track to advance Orphan Drug candidate, SGT-610 (patidegib) for Gorlin syndrome into Phase 3 testing in late 2023 Sol-Gel’s recently announced
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[{"type":"text","content":"Sol-Gel on track to advance Orphan Drug candidate, SGT-610 (patidegib) for Gorlin syndrome into Phase 3 testing in late 2023 Sol-Gel’s recently announced agreement with Searchlight Pharma will provide up to $11 million in upfront payments and regulatory and sales milestones for both TWYNEO® and EPSOLAY®, combined, plus additional royalties ranging from low double-digits to high-teens Sol-Gel has cash runway into the second half of 2025 NESS ZIONA, Israel, Aug. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sol-Gel Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLGL) (“Sol-Gel”), a dermatology company leveraging innovative approaches to develop pioneering treatments for patients with severe skin conditions, and with two approved large-category dermatology products, EPSOLAY and TWYNEO, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 and provided a corporate update. “We were pleased to announce another TWYNEO and EPSOLAY partnership during the quarter which generated non-dilutive revenue for our shareholders. We are delighted to partner these first products developed by Sol-Gel with Searchlight Pharma in Canada, a leading commercial territory, over a fifteen-year term that is renewable for subsequent five-year periods,” stated Alon Seri Levy, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Sol-Gel. “Based on current discussions we expect more international licenses will follow in the future, while coverage and demand for both products in the U.S. may be approaching a plateau due to the genericization of both the acne and rosacea markets.” Dr. Seri Levy continued, “We are on track with our plans to initiate the pivotal Phase 3 trial for SGT-610 (patidegib), our recently acquired, Breakthrough-designated, Orphan Drug candidate with a market potential of over $300 million for the prevention of basal cell carcinoma in subjects having Gorlin syndrome, in late 2023. The recent clinical setback in a Phase 2b trial of a competing product with a similar indication but a different mechanism of action, presents Sol-Gel with the opportunity to be a durable market leader in Gorlin syndrome, if our own Phase III program succeeds. The potential of SGT-610 taken together with lower-than-expected future royalty streams from EPSOLAY and TWYNEO in the U.S., have led Sol-Gel to focus on this candidate in the near-term and delay the planned clinical study for SGT-210,” he c...