Adhering to the recommendation of a mixed advisory committee vote, the U.S. FDA cleared use of GSK plc’s daprodustat as the first oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PHI) inhibitor for treating anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are on dialysis. For CKD patients not on dialysis, the agency determined the drug’s safety has not been established.
Vasc-Alert LLC’s surveillance technology successfully predicts which dialysis patients are at risk of experiencing stenosis, a study published in the Journal of Vascular Access shows. Patients assigned high scores by the company’s algorithm had seven times the risk of stenosis and blockage compared to those with low-risk scores.
Hoping its drug, daprodustat, can succeed in the U.S. where two other hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors (HIF-PHIs) have failed so far, GSK plc will present its case Oct. 26 to the FDA’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee for the drug's potential use as a treatment for anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease regardless of dialysis dependency.
Davita Inc., lost a U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding limits to the private payer coverage for outpatient dialysis services despite, a development that took a double-digit bite out of Davita’s shares. However, shares of competitor Fresenius also took a hit, suggesting that the market sees the decision as a major setback for both companies.
The U.S. FDA reported it is evaluating the potential for exposure to some chemicals associated with the use of several models of hemodialysis machines made by Fresenius Medical Care Inc., of Waltham, Mass., including units that are no longer in production.
Pavmed Inc. implanted its Portio system in three patients in a first-in-human (FIH) study of its intraosseous infusion system and successfully infused fluids in all patients without complications. The Portio system allows long-term direct access to bone marrow for delivery of fluids, medications and other substances in individuals with poor venous access, kidney dialysis or adverse reactions to anticoagulants.
DUBLIN – Sanifit Therapeutics SA has found a taker for its phase III calcification inhibitor for kidney dialysis patients, SNF-472, in the shape of Vifor Pharma AG, which is acquiring the Spanish company outright for €205 million (US$231 million) up front, up to €170 million in potential clinical development, regulatory and market access milestones, as well as undisclosed commercial milestones.
Despite assembling the largest body of data the FDA said it may ever see for a drug intended to treat anemia due to chronic kidney disease, Fibrogen Inc. will have to get even more trial data to push roxadustat over the finish line in the U.S. – if the FDA follows the advice of its Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee.
Dialysis maker Outset Medical Inc. tallied $13.8 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2020, up 423% from the prior year period – in its quarter as a publicly traded company. Of that, $10.8 million was product revenue, buoyed by COVID-19 tailwinds that drove demand for Tablo portable dialysis systems.
Medtronic plc is highlighting the publication of primary endpoint results from the In.Pact AV Access trial in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found that the company’s paclitaxel-coated balloon limits the number of reinterventions needed to maintain blood flow in patients with end-stage renal disease who have arteriovenous fistulae.
