Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics’ Positive Phase 3 Oral Zoliflodacin Data for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Gonorrhea Announced at ESCMID Global 2024
Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics, Inc., a subsidiary of Innoviva, Inc. (
NASDAQ: INVA), today announced that positive results from the Phase 3 oral zoliflodacin trial will be highlighted in an oral presentation given by the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Global Congress (ESCMID Global 2024) taking place April 27-30, 2024, in Barcelona, Spain. Zoliflodacin is a first-in-class spiropyrimidinetrione, single dose, oral antibiotic that is being developed in partnership with GARDP for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea.
Positive Results Announced in Largest Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of a First-in-Class Oral Antibiotic to Treat Uncomplicated Gonorrhea
The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP), in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Innoviva, Inc. (Nasdaq: INVA), announced today that zoliflodacin, a first-in-class antibiotic, met its primary endpoint in an unprecedented global pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial. Study investigators found that oral zoliflodacin demonstrated statistical non-inferiority of microbiological cure at the urogenital site when compared to treatment with intramuscular (IM) injection of ceftriaxone and oral azithromycin, a current global standard of care regimen. In the study, zoliflodacin was found to be generally well tolerated and there were no serious adverse events or deaths recorded in the trial.
