Shield Therapeutics - KYE Pharmaceuticals Files Accrufer® NDS in Canada
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Shield Therapeutics PLC
21 March 2022
Shield Therapeutics plc
("Shield" or the "Company" or the "Group")
KYE Pharmaceuticals Inc. Files Accrufer® New Drug Submission in Canada for the
Treatment of Iron Deficiency
London, UK - 21 March 2022: Shield Therapeutics plc (LSE: STX), a commercial stage
pharmaceutical company with a focus on treating iron deficiency with its lead product
Accrufer®/Feraccru® (ferric maltol), announces that KYE Pharmaceuticals Inc. ('KYE') has
submitted a New Drug Submission ('NDS') to Health Canada for the regulatory review
and approval of Accrufer®.
If approved, Accrufer® would be the first prescription only oral iron therapy approved
by Health Canada. Marketing approval for Accrufer® is expected to be during first half of
2023.
Doug Reynolds, President of KYE, said: "The Shield and KYE teams worked tremendously
hard to compile the Canadian NDS in a matter of months and I am extremely pleased to
have achieved this milestone."
José A. Menoyo, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Shield, added: "We are delighted with
the rapid progress made in partnership with KYE since the signing of the license agreement
in January 2022. Both organisations have demonstrated excellent collaboration and are
driven to make Accrufer® available to patients in Canada with iron deficiency as quickly as
possible. Shield Therapeutics is committed in bringing Accrufer®/Feraccru® to patients
with iron deficiency around the world, and Canada is an important element of that mission."
Shield is eligible to receive £850,000 in development and sales milestones comprised of
a payment of £250,000 upon regulatory approval of Accrufer® by Health Canada and up
to £600,000 in milestone payments upon the achievement of specified calendar net
sales targets. For the term of the agreement, Shield will also receive double-digit
royalties on net sales of Accrufer®.
For further information please contact:
Shield Therapeutics plc
Greg Madison, CEO
Hans-Peter Rudolf, CFO
Nominated Adviser and Joint
Broker
www.shieldtherapeutics.com
+44 (0) 191 511 8500
Peel Hunt LLP
James Steel/Christopher Golden
Joint Broker
finnCap Ltd
Geoff Nash/ George Dollemore/Alice
Lane/Nigel
Birks
Financial PR & IR Advisor
Walbrook PR
Lianne Applegarth/Alice Woodings
Investor Contact (US Advisor)
LifeSci Advisors, LLC
John Mullaly
+44 (0)20 7418 8900
+44 (0)20 7220 0500
+44 (0)20 7933 8780
or shield@walbrookpr.com
+1 617 429 3548 or
jmullaly@lifesciadvisors.com
About Accrufer®/Feraccru®
Accrufer®/Feraccru® (ferric maltol) is a novel, stable, non-salt based oral therapy for
adults with iron deficiency, with or without anemia. Accrufer®/Feraccru® has a novel
mechanism of absorption compared to other oral iron therapies and has been shown to
be an efficacious and well-tolerated therapy in a range of clinical trials. More information
about Accrufer®/Feraccru®, including the product label, can be found at:
www.accrufer.com and www.feraccru.com
About Shield Therapeutics plc
Shield is a commercial stage specialty pharmaceutical company with a focus on
addressing iron deficiency with its lead product Accrufer®/Feraccru® (ferric maltol). The
Group has launched Accrufer® in the US and Feraccru® is commercialised in the UK and
European Union by Norgine B.V., who also have the marketing rights in Australia and
New Zealand. Shield also has an exclusive license agreement with Beijing Aosaikang
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., for the development and commercialisation of Accrufer® /
Feraccru® in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, with Korea Pharma Co., Ltd. in the
Republic of Korea, and with KYE Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Canada.
Accrufer®/Feraccru® has patent coverage until the mid-2030s.
Accrufer®/Feraccru® are registered trademarks of the Shield Group.
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