Nxera Pharma and Shionogi Launch QUVIVIQ™ in Japan for Adults with Insomnia
December 19, 2024 – Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery – Japan, Nxera Pharma, Shionogi, drug, insomnia
19 December 2024 – Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, – Nxera Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Nxera” or “the Company”; TSE 4565) – formerly known as Sosei Group or Sosei Heptares – and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (“Shionogi”) today announce that QUVIVIQ™ (daridorexant) 25 and 50 mg has been launched and is now available in Japan as a new treatment for adults with insomnia.
QUVIVIQ™ is an oral Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonist (DORA) for the treatment of insomnia that selectively binds to receptors of the wake-promoting neuropeptide orexin (OX1R and OX2R), inhibiting excessive wakefulness and facilitating the transition to sleep.
Nxera Pharma Japan Co., Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Nxera Pharma) is the approval holder and will be responsible in part for provision of drug product. Shionogi will be solely responsible for distribution and sales activities for QUVIVIQ™ in Japan under the commercial partnership agreement with Nxera Pharma announced on 1 October 2024.
For Nxera, reaching this important milestone highlights its ability to develop novel therapeutics for patients in Japan and reinforces its ambition to be a partner of choice for companies looking to develop and commercialize new therapeutics for the Japanese market.
As a new pillar, Shionogi is focusing on the ‘QOL disease area,’ which is less affected by trends. Starting with the launch of QUVIVIQ™, Shionogi is working to strengthen the ‘QOL disease area’ as a solid pillar.
Together, Nxera and Shionogi are committed to deliver QUVIVIQ™ as quickly as possible as a product that has the potential to meet the needs of insomnia patients for a long time to come.
About Shionogi: Shionogi strives constantly to supply the best possible medicine (healthcare solutions) to protect the health and wellbeing of the patients we serve, and as a united group. We have identified Contributing to a Healthy and Prosperous Life as a material focus. We are committed to creating a society where everyone can lead a longer, more vibrant life, realizing their goals. Visit: https://www.shionogi.com/global/en/
About Nxera Pharma: Nxera Pharma (formerly Sosei Heptares) is a technology powered biopharma company, in pursuit of new specialty medicines to improve the lives of patients with unmet needs in Japan and globally. In addition to several products being commercialized in Japan, we are advancing an extensive pipeline of over 30 active programs from discovery through to late clinical stage internally and in partnership with leading pharma and biotech companies. This pipeline is focused on addressing major unmet needs in some of the fastest-growing areas of medicine across neurology, GI and immunology, metabolic disorders and rare diseases, and leverages the power of our unique and industry leading GPCR-targeted structure-based drug discovery NxWave™ platform to provide a sustainable source of best- or first-in-class candidates. Visit: https://www.nxera.life/
