Idorsia Partners with Syneos Health

Idorsia Ltd and Syneos Health have formed a commercial relationship for the U.S. commercialization of Idorsia’s daridorexant, a new dual orexin receptor antagonist being investigated for the treatment of insomnia. The strategic collaboration brings Idorsia’s lead investigational compound, daridorexant, and expertise in the science of the orexin system, together with Syneos Health’s robust customer-facing sales expertise and proven track record in launching new products in the U.S.

“Idorsia has discovered and developed a sleep medicine that, for the first time, has demonstrated in pivotal studies not only an improvement in sleep onset and sleep maintenance, but also in daytime functioning,” said Simon Jose, chief commercial officer of Idorsia. “With the scientific and clinical data we have generated, we believe that we have a unique drug with a potential to have a disruptive impact on the insomnia market once approved by health authorities. Although we will build the core capabilities needed to successfully launch our products ourselves, we are collaborating with Syneos Health on daridorexant in order to effectively reach the primary care market, which accounts for a large volume of insomnia prescriptions. By working together, I believe we can lead the transformation and modernization of the sleep market and bring daridorexant to the millions of people suffering from chronic insomnia.”

Michelle Keefe, president, Syneos Health Commercial Solutions commented, “We’re pleased to bring our best-in-class commercialization expertise to help daridorexant fulfill its full commercial potential.  We view Idorsia as an innovative biopharmaceutical company and have created an innovative, revenue-driven agreement to match, ultimately accelerating growth and reaching patients who need this treatment most.”

On August 28, 2020, data from the first successful pivotal study was presented at Sleep 2020, a meeting devoted entirely to clinical sleep medicine, and sleep and circadian research. In April and July of 2020, Idorsia reported positive results in each of the two pivotal Phase 3 studies of daridorexant in patients with insomnia.

“Advanced product development models that offer a modern approach to commercialization matter. Syneos One is looking to bring forward our suite of end-to-end solutions to develop our long-term relationship with Idorsia, starting with the U.S. launch of daridorexant,” concluded Christian Tucat, president, Syneos One.