Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SPPI:NASDAQ) received a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) PDUFA date of Nov. 24 for poziotinib as a treatment for nonsmall cell lung cancer, reported H.C. Wainwright & Co. analyst Edward White in a March 18 research note.
Issuance of the PDUFA date follows Spectrum's successful resubmission to the FDA of its new drug application for poziotinib and positive cohort 2 data from the ZENITH20 trial. Poziotinib is an oral, irreversible, tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
White relayed that the FDA asked Spectrum for further dosing information and indicated it was important to have substantial enrollment in a confirmatory trial at the time of approval. Thus, the biopharma commenced such a study.
"We expect poziotinib approval in late 2022 with sales of $21.9 million ($21.9M) this year and sales of $328M in 2026E," White wrote.
Spectrum is on track to receive another PDUFA date, this one potentially in September, for eflapegrastim, a long-acting granulocyte colony stimulating factor, as a treatment for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. The company recently resubmitted a related biologics license application to the FDA for review.
"We anticipate a launch for eflapegrastim in late 2022 with $5M in sales this year, growing to sales of $170M in 2026," wrote White.
In other news, Spectrum presented, at ESMO's Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress on March 7, previously announced positive Cohort 4 data from the ZENITH trial. This group was comprised of firstline nonsmall cell lung cancer patients with HER2 exon-20 insertion mutations. Pursuing approval of eflapegrastim for this specific subpopulation would require a separate filing with the FDA.
Going forward, White noted, Spectrum intends to focus on "areas for greater potential commercial success, such as poziotinib in combination with KRAS inhibitors."
As for its financial position, relayed White, Spectrum has sufficient funds for this year's operations, according to its management. As of year-end 2021, the company had $100.6M in cash and marketable securities, and it received $20M from Hanmi in January.
H.C. Wainwright has a Buy rating and a $10 per share price target on Spectrum, the current share price of which is around $0.85.
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