Prevailing after an initial complete response letter from the FDA, Chiasma Inc. on June 26 has finally secured U.S. approval for Mycapssa, the first oral formulation of the acromegaly medicine octreotide to get a regulatory green light. Octreotide has until now only been available by injection. The drug was approved for long-term maintenance treatment in acromegaly patients who have responded to and tolerated treatment with octreotide or lanreotide, both somatostatin analogues (SSAs).

Prevailing after an initial complete response letter from the FDA, Chiasma Inc. on Friday has finally secured U.S. approval for Mycapssa, the first oral formulation of the acromegaly medicine octreotide to get a regulatory green light.

Although the placebo response proved better than expected in Chiasma Inc.'s phase III trial of Mycapssa (octreotide) capsules for acromegaly, "we believe that the response of the patients on Mycapssa is the clinically relevant indicator," said William Ludlam, the Waltham, Mass.-based firm's senior vice president of clinical development and medical affairs.