FDA issues CCP-07 complete response letter

FDA has issued a complete response letter (CRL) to Vernalis’ CCP-07 NDA following its 20 April PDUFA date, outlining questions that need to be addressed in an NDA resubmission for potential FDA approval. Given limited disclosure regarding possible timelines for dealing with these questions and the probable class of resubmission, we conservatively push back our CCP-07 approval assumption by one year, delaying launch into the 2018/19 cough cold season. However, we acknowledge that there are scenarios under which CCP-07 could still be launched into the 2017/18 season, albeit later than previously anticipated. Separately, Vernalis has received a $2m milestone relating to an existing research collaboration.