FDA Advisory Committee Votes 12-2 in Favor of the Safety and Effectiveness of Insmed’s ALIS for the Treatment of NTM Lung Disease Caused by MAC for Adult Patients with Limited or No Treatment Options

Insmed (Nasdaq:INSM), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the unmet needs of patients with rare diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted 12 to 2 in favor of the safety and effectiveness of ALIS (amikacin liposome inhalation suspension) for adults with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) who have limited or no treatment options.

As quoted in the press release:

The committee also voted in favor of the surrogate endpoint of sputum culture conversion used in the Phase 3 CONVERT study being reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit. If approved, ALIS will be the first and only therapy in the U.S. specifically indicated for the treatment of patients with NTM lung disease caused by MAC.

“We are very pleased by the outcome of today’s advisory committee meeting, which recognized the role ALIS may be able to play in addressing the significant unmet medical need among patients suffering from NTM lung disease caused by MAC, a chronic, debilitating and potentially fatal infection,” said Will Lewis, President and Chief Executive Officer of Insmed.

The advisory committee’s recommendation was based on briefing materials developed from Insmed’s new drug application (NDA) for ALIS, which was submitted under accelerated approval provisions and includes data from the Phase 3 CONVERT study. The study met its primary endpoint of culture conversion by Month 6 with statistical significance for once-daily ALIS when added to guideline-based therapy (GBT) compared with GBT alone in patients with refractory NTM lung disease due to MAC.

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