Avenue Therapeutics stock fell more than 50% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to approve an application for IV tramadol drug, according to press release. FDA says that although pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials are statistically significant, it cannot approve the application in the present form since IV tramadol is not safe for the intended patient population.
- Avenue Therapeutics is committed to meet with FDA to resolve issues raised and facilitate the new medicine approval.
- An adequate terminal sterilization validation needed before New Drug Application (NDA) approval, planned for later in the quarter.
- FDA did not identify a safety signal in Avenue’s clinical development program
Avenue Therapeutics stock declining on the Complete Response Letter by FDA. ATXI: NASDAQ is down 57.55%.
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