Sopherion Therapeutics
East Brunswick
About Sopherion Therapeutics
Sopherion Therapeutics is a privately held biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey with offices in Cheshire, Connecticut, Estero, Florida and an operating subsidiary, Sopherion Therapeutics Canada, in Toronto, Canada. Sopherion Therapeutics is a specialty biopharmaceutical company with an exclusive licensing agreement with Zeneus Pharma Ltd., now Cephalon, Inc., for the commercialization of Myocet™ (a liposome-encapsulated doxorubicin-citrate complex) in the United States and Canada. Sopherion’s current business focus is the execution of a Phase III, global, randomized, registration trial for first line therapy of invasive, metastatic breast cancer and the development and commercialization of Sopherion’s lead agent, Myocet™. Myocet is being investigated in an FDA agreed upon registration trial in combination with two other drugs, Herceptin® (Trastuzumab) and Taxol (Paclitaxel) vs. Herceptin® and Taxol alone, the current standard of care for first line HER-2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer. Myocet™, a liposome-encapsulated doxorubicin with reduced cardiotoxicity, is a nanotechnology product that localizes into tumor vasculature and in contrast to parental doxorubicin avoids homing to the heart. This 363 patient global trial in twelve countries has as of 03/06/09 been fully recruited. Unblinding is anticipated by the summer of 2010 with NDA submission for full approval following within 6 months. Myocet® is already a registered drug in Canada, where Sopherion has commercial rights and in Europe where Cephalon has commercial rights for use in first line metastatic breast cancer in combination with cyclophosphamide.; Their Phase III trial is based on a Phase II trial, supported by Roche, which gave a 96% response rate and two and a half year median progression free survival for patients with metastatic breast cancer.
Company Facts
- Operating status: Closed
- Company type: For Profit
- IPO status: Private
- Employees: 11 – 50
- Estimated revenue: $10K – $50K
- Total funding: $163.0M
- Funding stage: Late Stage Venture
- Last round: Series C (Feb 2009)
- Website: sopherion.com
- Phone: (203) 915-8396
Industries & Categories
Biotechnology, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Pharmaceutical
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