Revance: New Botulinum Toxin Moving on to Phase 3 of Clinical Trials

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Just what we need. Another Botox competitor and the sales reps that go along with them.

There's a reasons that all of these companies are launching botox competitors... As a collective, Botox is the biggest money-maker in the injection market by a long ways. 

Here comes another one: Revanace, who promises longer duration than Botox. You can take a look a the company website here

Revance Botox
 

Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVNC), a biotechnology company developing botulinum toxin products for use in aesthetic and therapeutic indications, today announced the completion of its Type B / pre-IND / pre-Phase 3 meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding DaxibotulinumtoxinA for Injection (RT002) for the treatment of glabellar (frown) lines. 

In this trial there were five different groups for testing for 268 subjects. There were subjects for 20U, 40U, and 60U of daxibotulinumtoxinA, participants for 20U, and some more subjects for placebo.

In Week 4, daxibotulinumtoxinA was still at 100% efficacy rate among the participants. The determinant was the Investigator Global Assessment - Facial Wrinkle Severity (IGA-FWS) scoring, in which most participants from all groups gave a 1-point improvement. In the end, the daxibotulinumtoxinA shows greater efficacy with 40U as compared to onabotulinumtoxin 20U treatment 8 to 20 weeks post-injection, even attaining 2 more points on the scale. It was well tolerated and showed longer duration.

daxibotulinumtoxinA seems to show more its efficacy and shows potential a competitor of the big three botulinum toxins. Revance might give the current competitors a run for their money, however Botox Cosmetic, Dysport, and Xeomin are trusted brands. Revance’s product is at Phase 3 trials and the trial is estimated to finish December 2018.

There's another competitor in the same state: Daewoong’s NABOTA currently undergoing clinical trials to receive FDA Approval. The daxibotulinumtoxinA aims to treat such as wrinkles, cervical dystonia, and plantar fasciitis. Clinical trials for the latter two treatment areas are also undergoing.