It’s a jungle out there. Trending sideways for second week.
Company version of trial (September 20th): Seelos Therapeutics Announces Top Line Results
Company says, “..the study would have achieved statistical significance for the primary endpoint, had the study reached full enrollment (220 patients) versus 147 patients. Well alrighty then..
Endpoint version of trial: Seelos’ Stock Plunges by Over 75% After Ketamine Drug for Suicide Prevention Fails a Phase II Trial
After the Dust Settles: Seelos Therapeutics Retains Canaccord Genuity.
The reason for the earlier optimism is if approved, SLS-002 would become only the second product approved specifically for ASIB (acute suicidal ideation and behavior), after Johnson & Johnson’s rapid-acting Spravato (esketamine) was approved for moderate-to-severe MDD patients with ASIB in 2020 in the US.
Spravato’s high cost of therapy and requirement for two hours of patient observation after administration will limit its uptake. As such, GlobalData forecasts that Spravato will generate global sales of approximately $383 million by 2029.
As a related compound, and with the same intranasal route of administration, it is possible that SLS-002 will face similar issues to Spravato. However, in a small randomized trial, intranasal ketamine caused minimal dissociative effects, which, if replicated in larger trials, would give SLS-002 an advantage over Spravato.
The CDC estimates there were more than 49,000 suicides in the US in 2022, representing the highest number recorded in the country’s history. There are no FDA-approved treatments for suicidality in major depression
Forward Looking Statements
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