Critical Therapeutics Inc. (CRTX, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.
Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. has a market cap of $134.6 million; its shares were traded at around $5.25 with a P/E ratio of 7.7 and P/S ratio of 1.2. Hedge Fund Gurus that owns CRTX: Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns CRTX: Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates.
CUROSURF has demonstrated favorable outcomes including a consistent survival advantage in trials that measure mortality as a secondary endpoint. For example, in a prospective, randomized trial in 293 infants, CUROSURF-treated infants demonstrated a 3% mortality rate at 36 weeks post-conceptional age in infants born at less than 33 weeks gestational age compared with 11% in Survanta-treated infants. Three other published studies demonstrate trends toward a survival advantage with CUROSURF treatment versus Survanta.
Market Opportunity. Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by the narrowing of the lung airways, making breathing difficult. An asthma attack leaves the victim short of breath as the airways become constricted and inflamed. The National Center for Health Statistics estimated that in 2009 in the United States approximately 8.2% of the population, or approximately 24.6 million people, had asthma and approximately 4.2% of the population, or 12.8 million people, had asthma attacks.
In addition, prior to FDA approval, a long-term, safety surveillance trial was conducted in 2,947 patients. In this safety trial, 4.6% of patients taking ZYFLO experienced ALT levels greater than three times the level normally seen in the bloodstream compared to 1.1% of patients receiving placebo, with 61.0% of the patients
experiencing such elevated ALT levels in the first two months of dosing. After two months of treatment, the rate of ALT levels greater than three times the level normally seen in the bloodstream stabilized at an average of 0.3% per month for patients taking a combination of ZYFLO and their usual asthma medications compared to 0.11% per month for patients taking a combination of placebo and their usual asthma medications. This trial also demonstrated that ALT levels returned to below two times the level normally seen in the bloodstream in both the patients who continued and those who discontinued the therapy. In these trials, one patient developed symptomatic hepatitis with jaundice, which resolved upon discontinuation of therapy, and three patients developed mild elevations in bilirubin.
FACTIVE targets the infection site with high lung tissue penetration. In a clinical study, FACTIVE produced a concentration in bronchoalveolar tissue which is 3,567 times the MIC90 requirement to eradicate Streptococcus pneumoniae in critical lung tissue, cells and fluids (bronchoalveolar macrophages, epithelial lining fluid and bronchial mucosa). In another clinical study of 310 patients with CAP, five-day treatment with FACTIVE produced a 100% eradication of Streptococcus pneumoniae, 95.5% eradication of Haemophilus influenzae, 94.4% eradication of Chlamydia pneumoniae and 88.8% eradication of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In a study of five-day treatment for ABECB, FACTIVE demonstrated clinical success rate was 94% (247 of 264 patients). In a separate study, five-day treatment with FACTIVE for CAP produced a clinical success rate of 95% (230 of 242 patients). These findings are in line with longer treatment regimens of other fluoroquinolone antibiotics.
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Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. has a market cap of $134.6 million; its shares were traded at around $5.25 with a P/E ratio of 7.7 and P/S ratio of 1.2. Hedge Fund Gurus that owns CRTX: Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns CRTX: Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates.
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In a prospective, randomized clinical trial comparing CUROSURF and Survanta® (a surfactant marketed by Abbott Laboratories, or Abbott, to treat RDS) in 293 infants, CUROSURF produced a faster reduction in infant oxygen requirement, as reflected in the fraction of inspired oxygen, or FiO2. In this same study, 73% of infants required only one dose of CUROSURF, while 49% of Survanta-treated infants required a second dose. It is theorized that faster reduction in oxygen requirement generally allows for faster weaning from mechanical ventilation and may lower the risk of oxygen toxicity.CUROSURF has demonstrated favorable outcomes including a consistent survival advantage in trials that measure mortality as a secondary endpoint. For example, in a prospective, randomized trial in 293 infants, CUROSURF-treated infants demonstrated a 3% mortality rate at 36 weeks post-conceptional age in infants born at less than 33 weeks gestational age compared with 11% in Survanta-treated infants. Three other published studies demonstrate trends toward a survival advantage with CUROSURF treatment versus Survanta.
Market Opportunity. Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by the narrowing of the lung airways, making breathing difficult. An asthma attack leaves the victim short of breath as the airways become constricted and inflamed. The National Center for Health Statistics estimated that in 2009 in the United States approximately 8.2% of the population, or approximately 24.6 million people, had asthma and approximately 4.2% of the population, or 12.8 million people, had asthma attacks.
In addition, prior to FDA approval, a long-term, safety surveillance trial was conducted in 2,947 patients. In this safety trial, 4.6% of patients taking ZYFLO experienced ALT levels greater than three times the level normally seen in the bloodstream compared to 1.1% of patients receiving placebo, with 61.0% of the patients
experiencing such elevated ALT levels in the first two months of dosing. After two months of treatment, the rate of ALT levels greater than three times the level normally seen in the bloodstream stabilized at an average of 0.3% per month for patients taking a combination of ZYFLO and their usual asthma medications compared to 0.11% per month for patients taking a combination of placebo and their usual asthma medications. This trial also demonstrated that ALT levels returned to below two times the level normally seen in the bloodstream in both the patients who continued and those who discontinued the therapy. In these trials, one patient developed symptomatic hepatitis with jaundice, which resolved upon discontinuation of therapy, and three patients developed mild elevations in bilirubin.
FACTIVE targets the infection site with high lung tissue penetration. In a clinical study, FACTIVE produced a concentration in bronchoalveolar tissue which is 3,567 times the MIC90 requirement to eradicate Streptococcus pneumoniae in critical lung tissue, cells and fluids (bronchoalveolar macrophages, epithelial lining fluid and bronchial mucosa). In another clinical study of 310 patients with CAP, five-day treatment with FACTIVE produced a 100% eradication of Streptococcus pneumoniae, 95.5% eradication of Haemophilus influenzae, 94.4% eradication of Chlamydia pneumoniae and 88.8% eradication of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In a study of five-day treatment for ABECB, FACTIVE demonstrated clinical success rate was 94% (247 of 264 patients). In a separate study, five-day treatment with FACTIVE for CAP produced a clinical success rate of 95% (230 of 242 patients). These findings are in line with longer treatment regimens of other fluoroquinolone antibiotics.
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