Nice read on both Amarin and Acasti pharma
Acasti Pharma And Amarin In Severe Hypertriglyceridemia - Acasti Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:ACST) | Seeking Alpha they both will be realising data in the next 2 months both of which is expected to be really good. I'm loading up on Acasti in the $2 range and Amarin in the $15 range I still hold firm to my beliefs that Acasti, Amarin and Cormedix is the holy trinity in the biotech sector from November to January.
Cormedix recently released that they have had constructive talks with the FDA regarding the CMC portion of the NDA. CMC stands for chemicals manufacturing and controls. This is basically about how cormedix will maintain the quality of Neutrolin the as it was in the study. Cormedix already distributes Neutrolin in Europe so they understand how to replicate the formula very well. This was a very important part of the NDA and probably the largest so since they got that out of the way the rest should be relatively smooth.
Next catalyst is pre NDA meeting which is very important and very huge.
One of the topics for the pre-NDA meeting will be the availability of the LPAD Pathway, or Limited Population Pathway for Antibacterial and Antifungal Drugs, for approval of the NDA. We were told by FDA that approval pursuant to LPAD is a topic for discussion at the pre-NDA meeting. You may recall that this pathway provides the FDA with additional flexibility in its determination of safety and effectiveness and takes into account the severity and prevalence of the infection the drug is intended to treat and the lack of alternative treatment in the limited population for whom the drug is intended for use. We will continue our discussion of LPAD at the pre-NDA meeting with FDA.
Another important topic for discussion at the pre-NDA meeting will be securing programs designed to expedite the review of the NDA. For example, we have received fast-track designation for Neutrolin and that makes the NDA eligible for priority review. Request and approval for priority review must be received from FDA in advance of submitting the NDA. If the FDA agrees to priority review then the goal for the review period by FDA is 6 months instead of the standard review period of 10 months. Just to be clear, the review periods are goals for the agency and not absolute time lines.
Based on our current estimates, we are anticipating that the NDA may be approved during the second half of 2020. Once we have our pre-NDA meeting with the FDA completed in the fourth quarter, we will refine our estimates if required.
the next news from the FDA will be very important, if we hit all those markers it's basically a signal we're getting approved.
One last thing to note is our largest shareholder Elliott associates LLP and Elliott management. If you don't know about them they are the biggest activist hedge fund in the world and that is also perhaps the most powerful. They takeover public companies force the board members out bring in better ones and get warrants and preferred stock. They then help the stock price appreciate and ultimately force the company into a merger or sell the company for a profit. They have a business model of always making a profit and being as tough as nails.
Cormedix is the only biotech company Elliott owns. They just started an activist campaign on At&t, they don't take much risk and with their track record I'm pretty confident that they will get the most out of this company. If this does become the standard of care, Elliott will not sell for anything less than 2 billion. If you are not familiar with Paul singer and Elliott management watch this video you will see how powerful this man and his company is.