SYNTHETIC OXYGEN CARRIERS (Blood Substitutes):
Opportunity Assessment of Three Leading Hemoglobin-Based Products
Hemopure (Biopure), PolyHeme (Northfield) and Hemospan (Sangart)

 

 

October 10, 2005

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SYNTHETIC OXYGEN CARRIERS (Blood Substitutes):
Opportunity Assessment of Three Leading Investigational Hemoglobin-Based Products:
Hemopure (Biopure Corporation)
PolyHeme (Northfield Laboratories)
Hemospan/MP4 (Sangart, Inc.)

October 2005

Contents

Executive Summary
1
Product Characteristics
1
Safety-Related Findings in Animal and Patient Studies
2
Efficacy in Patient Studies
5
Projected U.S. Approval and Commercialization Prospects
7
Biopure Corporation
10
Introduction and Historical Overview
10
Technology
12
Preclinical Studies
15
Early Clinical Studies
16
Recent Clinical Development Prior to Phase III U.S. Trial
18
The Pivotal U.S. Phase III Orthopedic Surgery Trial
20
The Economics of Hemopure in Elective Surgery
25
Approval of Hemopure in South Africa
26
A Word About the Veterinary Product: Oxyglobin
27
Safety Concerns with Hemopure
29
Manufacturing Site
33
Recent Activity: December 2003 Through September 2005
34
Conclusions
36
Northfield Laboratories
38
Program Background
38
Technology
40
Product Characteristics
41
Preclinical and Early Clinical Testing
42
Biologics License Application (BLA) Filing and Rejection
47
Elective Surgery Trial (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm)
48
1998 PolyHeme Study in 13 Trauma Patients
53
A Dissection of the Phase III Prehospital Trauma Trial
56
Walter Reed Hypotensive Resuscitation Study in Rat Model
62
Rationale for In-hospital Administration In Lieu of RBCs
63
Conclusions
66
Sangart
68
Introduction
68
Product Characteristics
69
Viral Inactivation
75
Manufacturing Issues
75
Preclinical Studies
76
Clinical Development of Hemospan/MP4
77
Commercialization Strategy
79
Conclusions
81

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