Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral drug delivery systems, reported that the last patient has completed treatment in its Phase 2a clinical trial of ORMD-0801, the company’s proprietary oral insulin capsule, to treat type 1 diabetes, and top-line data is expected to be reported in the fourth quarter of 2014. The trial was conducted in the United States under a Food and Drug Administration Investigational New Drug protocol.

 

The prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study in patients with established type 1 diabetes is evaluating the safety and impact of ORMD-0801 on the exogenous insulin requirements in 24 type 1 diabetics patients. 

 

Date: August 7, 2014

Source: Oramed Pharmaceuticals