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Ferring Chief Muses On Moment Of Truth For Microbiome Therapy

Difficult Path For Totally New Class

 
• By Kevin Grogan

When the Swiss company files RBX2660 in the US later this year to reduce recurrences of Clostridioides difficile infection, it will be the first time any firm has tried to get a non-antibiotic product approved to address an infectious disease. Ferring president Per Falk tells Scrip about the 35-year journey to get to this stage and why standardization is key when it comes to microbiome-based therapy.

Per Falk
Per Falk • Source: Ferring

As Ferring Pharmaceuticals finalizes its submission package for US regulators for RBX2660, based on data from the world's first positive Phase III trial of a microbiome therapy, the company's president Per Falk has been reflecting on the challenges that lie ahead for the drug and the sector as a whole in getting a genuine first-in-class therapy onto the market.

Falk, who has been investigating microbiome science for 35 years and led Ferring's acquisition in 2018 of Rebiotix, Inc.,...

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