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REINACH, Switzerland, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arpida Ltd (SWX: ARPN) announced today its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2007.
2007 highlights
Major pipeline progress:
- Second pivotal Phase III trial with intravenous iclaprim in cSSSI achieves its pre-specified primary endpoint, as did the first
- Submission of New Drug Application (NDA) for intravenous iclaprim in cSSSI initiated
- First patients enrolled in a Phase II trial with intravenous iclaprim
in HAP/VAP/HCAP, an important potential second indication
- Progress of Phase I programme with oral iclaprim
- Promising results of 'first-in-man' studies with AR-709
- Novel antibiotic AR-2474 achieves preclinical proof of concept
- Raised CHF 51.9 million in a secondary offering in March 2007 - Late-stage antifungal therapy added to pipeline via acquisition of
TLT Medical Ltd.
- Extensive presence at scientific conferences
- Cash and financial investments of CHF 68.1 million at 31 December 2007
Post-Year-End Events
- Oral iclaprim moves into Phase II efficacy trial in cSSSI
2008 Outlook - Completion of patient enrolment in Phase II trial with oral iclaprim in cSSSI
- Completion of patient enrolment in Phase II trial with intravenous iclaprim in
HAP/VAP/HCAP
- Completion of patient enrolment in Phase III trial with TLT in onychomycosis
- Regulatory review of NDA for intravenous iclaprim in cSSSI in USA
- Submission of application for marketing authorisation in EU
Dr Khalid Islam, President and CEO, commented: "We're tremendously
proud of the progress we've achieved in the year under review. By early
2008, we have one product candidate in an NDA filing process, one product
in a Phase III, and two additional Phase II development programs. We are
expecting the filing of the NDA for intravenous iclaprim in cSSSI to be
completed shortly. Mark
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