Benzinga | Sep 29, 2021 11:07AM EDT

Scynexis Presents Interim Ibrexafungerp Data In Hospital-Based Fungal Infections

* Scynexis Inc (NASDAQ:SCYX) announced an oral presentation of interim data analyses from its ongoing Phase 3 FURI study of oral ibrexafungerp in severe hospital-based fungal infections.

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* Of the 74 patients treated with oral ibrexafungerp 62.1% showed complete or partial response, 24.3% achieved stable disease, 6.8% showed progressive disease, and 5.4% were indeterminate.

* One patient died due to an unrelated cause.

* In addition, Scynexis is presenting two posters that discuss sub-populations from the FURI study with difficult-to-treat infections.

* The presentation highlights a sub-analysis of 24 patients (83.3% were refractory) from the Phase 3 FURI study with esophageal candidiasis (EC) or oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) treated with oral ibrexafungerp.

* Of these patients, 62.5% showed complete or partial response, 29.2% achieved stable disease, and 16.7% showed progressive disease.

* Sub-analysis of eight patients with Candida bone and joint infections from the Phase 3 FURI study showed 62.5% showed complete or partial response, 12.5% achieved stable disease, and 12.5% showed progressive disease.

* One patient was considered indeterminate.

* Price Action: SCYX is down 1.24% at $5.41 during the market session on the last check Wednesday.