Webinar to focus on a nephrologist’s perspective on the use of FUROSCIX for fluid overload in heart failure and potential use in chronic kidney disease
BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- scPharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: SCPH), a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products that have the potential to optimize the delivery of infused therapies, advance patient care, and reduce healthcare costs, today announced that it will host a KOL webinar focused on a nephrologist’s perspective on the use of FUROSCIX for treating fluid overload in heart failure and potential use for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET. To register, click here.
https://lifescievents.com/event/scpharmaceuticals/
The event will feature Dr. Michael Aaronson, MD (Lincoln Nephrology and Hypertension, Lincoln, NE).
The FDA has assigned a PDUFA target action date of March 6, 2025, to consider scPharmaceuticals’ Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) seeking to expand the FUROSCIX indication to include the treatment of fluid overload in CKD.
scPharmaceuticals’ management will also provide a corporate update focused on the company’s long-term growth initiatives, including the FDA-approved expansion of the FUROSCIX indication to include New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class IV heart failure patients, the potential expansion of the FUROSCIX indication to include treatment of fluid overload in CKD patients, and the ongoing development of a low volume autoinjector designed to provide physicians and patients with additional treatment flexibility.
A live question and answer session will follow the formal presentation.
About Dr. Michael Aaronson, MD
Dr. Michael Aaronson, MD, is board-certified in nephrology and internal medicine and has been practicing for over 21 years. He currently serves as partner of Lincoln Nephrology and Hypertension in Lincoln, NE, and as Medical Director of O Street: DCL, Dialysis Clinics of Lincoln in Lincoln NE. In addition, he teaches nephrology rotations for the Lincoln Family Medicine Residency Program in Lincoln, NE (affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha, Nebraska). Dr. Aaronson graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed both his residency (internal medicine) and his fellowship (nephrology and hypertension) at the University of Minnesota.
FUROSCIX® (furosemide injection) 80 mg/10mL for subcutaneous use
FUROSCIX® is indicated for the treatment of congestion due to fluid overload in adult patients with chronic heart failure.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
FUROSCIX is contraindicated in patients with anuria, patients with a history of hypersensitivity to furosemide, any component of the FUROSCIX formulation or medical adhesives and in patients with hepatic cirrhosis.
Furosemide may cause fluid, electrolyte, and metabolic abnormalities, particularly in patients receiving higher doses, patients with inadequate oral electrolyte intake, and in elderly patients. Serum electrolytes, CO2, BUN, creatinine, glucose, and uric acid should be monitored frequently during furosemide therapy.
Excessive diuresis may cause dehydration and blood volume reduction with circulatory collapse and possibly vascular thrombosis and embolism, particularly in elderly patients.
Furosemide can cause dehydration and azotemia. If increasing azotemia and oliguria occur during treatment of severe progressive renal disease, discontinue furosemide.
Cases of tinnitus and reversible or irreversible hearing impairment and deafness have been reported with furosemide. Reports usually indicate that furosemide ototoxicity is associated with rapid injection, severe renal impairment, the use of higher than recommended doses, hypoproteinemia or concomitant therapy with aminoglycoside antibiotics, ethacrynic acid, or other ototoxic drugs.
In patients with severe symptoms of urinary retention (because of bladder emptying disorders, prostatic hyperplasia, urethral narrowing), the administration of furosemide can cause acute urinary retention related to increased production and retention of urine. These patients require careful monitoring, especially during the initial stages of treatment.
Contact with water or other fluids and certain patient movements during treatment may cause the On-body Infusor to prematurely terminate infusion. Ensure patients can detect and respond to alarms.
The most common adverse reactions with FUROSCIX administration in clinical trials were site and skin reactions including erythema, bruising, edema, and injection site pain.
For more details, please read the full Prescribing Information at FUROSCIX.com/prescribing-information.pdf and Instructions for Use at FUROSCIX.com/instructions-for-use.pdf.
About scPharmaceuticals
scPharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products that are designed to reduce healthcare costs and improve health outcomes. The Company develops, internally and through strategic partnerships, innovative products and solutions that aim to expand and advance the outpatient care of select acute conditions. The Company’s lead programs focus on the subcutaneous, self-administration of IV-strength treatments in heart failure and infectious disease. scPharmaceuticals is headquartered in Burlington, MA. For more information, please visit www.scPharmaceuticals.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the development and commercialization of products that have the potential to optimize the delivery of infused therapies, advance patient care, and reduce healthcare costs; the PDUFA target action date of March 6, 2025, to consider scPharma’s s NDA seeking to expand the FUROSCIX indication to include the treatment of fluid overload in CKD; and participation in upcoming events and presentations. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management’s current expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to, our dependence on the commercial success of FUROSCIX and, if approved, our other product candidates; risks related to the receipt of regulatory approval for our product candidates; risks related to our ability to manufacture, or the ability of third parties to deliver, sufficient product for commercialization of FUROSCIX or any of our product candidates, if approved; risks related to our history of operating losses, we have a history of significant operating losses and expect to incur significant and increasing losses for the foreseeable future; we may never achieve or maintain profitability; we may need additional funding and may be unable to raise capital when needed, which would force us to delay, reduce or eliminate our product development programs or commercialization efforts; the terms of our credit facility place restrictions on our operating and financial flexibility, and we may not have cash available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to make interest or principal payments on our indebtedness when due; clinical and preclinical development involves a lengthy and expensive process with an uncertain outcome, and any difficulties or delays in the commencement or completion, or the termination or the potential for the results from any clinical trials to support submission of sNDAs or comparable regulatory applications; and the risk that global economic factors and uncertainties will impact the Company’s operations. For a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause our actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the sections entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties and other important factors in the Company’s subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and the Company undertakes no duty to update this information unless required by law.
Katherine Miranda
scPharmaceuticals Inc., 781-301-6869
kmiranda@scpharma.com
Investors:
PJ Kelleher
LifeSci Advisors, 617-430-7579
pkelleher@lifesciadvisors.com
