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Furoscix

Generic name: furosemide
Treatment for: Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease

Update: Furoscix (furosemide) Now FDA Approved - October 7, 2022

scPharmaceuticals Announces Furoscix NDA Resubmission

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 1, 2020-- 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 has resubmitted its 505(b)(2) New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval of Furoscix® (subcutaneous furosemide) for the treatment of congestion in patients with heart failure. The NDA resubmission is intended to address concerns raised in the FDA’s June 2018 Complete Response Letter.

“The resubmission of the Furoscix NDA represents an important milestone for scPharmaceuticals as we continue to advance our lead program through the regulatory pathway,” said John Tucker, president and chief executive officer of scPharmaceuticals.

About Furoscix

Furoscix is a proprietary furosemide solution formulated to a neutral pH to allow for subcutaneous infusion via a wearable, pre-programmed on-body drug delivery system for outpatient self-administration. Furoscix is being developed for treatment of congestion, or fluid overload, in patients with heart failure. Furoscix has the potential to provide an outpatient alternative for the treatment of worsening heart failure due to congestion.

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 Statement

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the timing and outcome of the FDA review process and the Company’s planned efforts to prepare for commercialization of Furoscix. 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, the ability of the Furoscix On-Body Infusor to appropriately deliver therapy, the receipt of regulatory approval for the Furoscix On-Body Infusor or any of our other product candidates or, if approved, the successful commercialization of such products, the risk of cessation or delay of any of the ongoing or planned clinical trials and/or our development of our product candidates, the risk that the results of previously conducted studies will not be repeated or observed in ongoing or future studies involving our product candidates, and the risk that the current COVID-19 pandemic will impact the Company’s operations. For a discussion of 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 section entitled “Risk Factors” in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, and 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.

Source: scPharmaceuticals Inc.

Posted: July 2020

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