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Echo Therapeutics closes trial, preps for FDA submission in the "near future"
Echo Therapeutics Inc. (OTC:ECTE) announced the completion of a clinical trial of its Prelude SkinPrep transdermal drug delivery system, saying an application for 510(k) clearance from the Food & Drug Administration is imminent.
The Franklin, Mass.-based company launched the trial in April, in partnership with Ferndale Pharma Group Inc., to test the drug-device combination with Ferndale’s 4 percent topical lidocaine. The needle-free system ablates a thin layer of skin before a drug is applied.
Echo Therapeutics, Ferndale Pharma launch drug-device trial
Echo Therapeutics Inc. (OTC:ECTE) and Ferndale Pharma Group Inc. enrolled the first patients in a clinical trial of Echo’s Prelude SkinPrep device and Ferndale’s 4 percent topical lidocaine, ahead of an application for 510(k) clearance for the drug-device combo from the Food & Drug Administration.
Franklin, Mass.-based Echo’s Prelude device is a needle-free, transdermal drug delivery system that ablates a thin layer of skin before a drug is applied.
Echo Therapeutics readies Prelude SkinPrep for clinical trials
Echo Therapeutics Inc. (OTC:ECTE) reached a milestone with one of its two flagship products, the Prelude SkinPrep system, which is ready for clinical trials examining its use in dispensing lidocaine.
The Franklin, Mass.-based company, which is also developing a needle-free glucose monitoring system called the Symphony tCGM, said its development work on the Prelude system is complete and it’s ready for a study in the “near term.”
