FDA grants priority review for Cephalon's sNDA

Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a priority review for its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for NUVIGIL(R) (armodafinil) Tablets [C-IV], which was filed in June of this year. The FDA decision on approval of NUVIGIL as a treatment for improving wakefulness in patients with excessive sleepiness associated with jet lag disorder due to eastbound travel is expected by December 29, 2009. There currently is no FDA-approved treatment for jet lag disorder.

The NUVIGIL sNDA is based on data from a Phase III pivotal study that evaluated the efficacy and safety of NUVIGIL (50 or 150 mg/day) in 427 healthy adults over three days during travel from the United States to Europe. These data were presented earlier this year at the SLEEP 2009 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.