AN2 Looks To Shift Gears On Phase III Epetraborole Trial On Potentially Lackluster Results

The company said it was pausing enrollment in the Phase III segment of its Phase II/III trial because of efficacy in MAC lung disease.

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The development of AN2 Therapeutics, Inc.’s antibiotic epetraborole for patients with treatment-refractory Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease is uncertain after the company said it would pause enrollment in the Phase III portion of the EBO-301 Phase II/III study of the drug because of potentially lower than expected efficacy.

MAC lung disease is a challenging area of drug development, however, and so some analysts had cautious expectations for the...

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