Sound Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (SPI) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded up to $1.6M from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc. (CFFT), the non-profit drug discovery and development affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The CFFT development award will support the initial testing of SPI-1005 in people with CF who are receiving tobramycin for the treatment of acute pulmonary exacerbations or lung infections. A leading side effect of tobramycin involves damage to the inner ear and is called ototoxicity. The Phase 1b STOP Ototoxicity clinical trial will examine the incidence and severity of hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness or vertigo due to IV tobramycin treatment. SPI-1005 is a novel oral drug that is being developed to reduce the incidence and severity of sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus in several disease states including ototoxicity, noise and Meniere’s disease.
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Sound Pharmaceuticals, a pioneer in the development of novel drug treatments for inner ear disease, announces the hiring of two senior executives. Paul Hoskins, Senior Director of Clinical Operations and G. Michael Wall, PhD, Senior Director of Pharmaceutical Development joined the company this past month. Read More
Seattle, WA
Sound Pharmaceuticals, a pioneer in the development of novel drug treatments for inner ear disease, announced today that Jonathan Kil, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, is a co-author on two publications from the Department of Defense’s Hearing Center of Excellence (HCE). The HCE is focused on the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of hearing loss. HCE is congressionally directed to partner with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other organizations that support the study of auditory injury. The papers are part of a series of new guidance documents from the HCE published in the September issue of Otology & Neurotology, a leading otolaryngology journal. Read More
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Sound Pharmaceuticals, a leader in developing novel drug treatments for diseases of the inner ear, announced today that Jonathan Kil, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, has been invited to present at the 15th Annual Needham & Company Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 at 11:20 a.m. EST in New York, NY. Read More
Sound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) will collaborate with the University of Oxford on a Phase 2 clinical trial to test SPI-1005 for the treatment of bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric illness that involves both periods of mania and depression, and affects approximately one percent of adults worldwide. Unfortunately, patients have relatively few treatment options, often involving drugs such as lithium, which has significant side effects. Read More
