Talphera reports Q2 EPS (15c) vs. (41c) last year

“We’re excited to have initiated the screening of patients at multiple clinical sites in the NEPHRO CRRT registrational study. We now have finalized clinical trial agreement terms with eight large academic institutions including our potentially highest enrolling sites. We have also received FDA approval to increase the maximum number of study sites from 10 to 14 which we believe will help expedite completion of the study,” stated Vince Angotti, CEO of Talphera. “The NEPHRO study should be enrolled and completed efficiently given the measurement of the primary endpoint is at 24 hours, with patients completing the study after 72 hours. In addition, having Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA potentially provides an advantage for a timely approval of the product candidate next year. Nafamostat has the potential to address known disadvantages of currently available U.S. products for anticoagulation of the extracorporeal circuit and has been used, as a standard of care, in Japan and South Korea for over 30 years. We’re looking forward to making nafamostat available to healthcare providers in the United States, if approved,” continued Angotti.