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  • Thomas Kakuda, PharmD

    Scientific Director, Clinical Pharmacology

    Challenges in Drug Development for Other Viruses Than HIV

    or Hepatitis: Influenza

  • Rich Infectious Disease Therapeutics and Vaccines Portfolio

    APPROVED PRODUCTS

    PRODUCTS IN REGISTRATION

    OR PLANNED FILINGS 2017-2021

    SELECTED EARLY- TO

    MID-STAGE PIPELINE1

    PLANNED FILINGS

    FILED

    Darunavir STR (D/C/F/TAF) HIV (US)*

    Rilpivirine rilpivirine/dolutegravir STR rilpivirine/cabotegravir long-acting maintenance therapy**

    PREZCOBIX/REZOLSTA

    HIV pediatric exclusivity

    SIRTURO

    Pediatric TB**

    JNJ-4178 (3DAA) Hepatitis C

    Pimodivir (JNJ-3872) Influenza A

    Lumicitabine (JNJ-1575) Pediatric RSV infection Adult RSV infection Adult hMPV

    JNJ-1860 (ExPEC vaccine) Bacterial infection

    VAC18193 (RSV vaccine) RSV elderly

    Darunavir STR (D/C/F/TAF) HIV (EU)

    (US)

    Monovalent Ebola Vaccine submitted to WHO for

    Emergency Use Assessment and Listing (EUAL)

    (EU)

    Hepatitis B JNJ-5948/NVR3-778 (HBV capsid assembly modulator) JNJ-6379 (HBV capsid assembly modulator) JNJ-0440 (HBV capsid assembly modulator) JNJ-0535 (HBV therapeutic vaccine) JNJ-4964 (TLR Agonist)

    Respiratory Syncytial Virus JNJ-8678 (RSV fusion inhibitor) JNJ-7184 (RSV non-nuc polymerase inhibitor) JNJ-8194/VAC18194 (RSV pediatric vaccine)

    Influenza JNJ-5806/AL-794 (Influenza PA inhibitor) JNJ-7445 (Influenza antibody)

    Dengue JNJ-8359 (NS4B inhibitor)**

    HIV JNJ-9220/VAC89220 (HIV vaccine prophylactic) JNJ-9220/VAC89220 (HIV vaccine w/ MVA boost therapeutic)

    Filovirus VAC69120 (Filovirus multivalent vaccine)

    Poliomyelitis JNJ-2348 (Sabin IPV vaccine)

    Cervical Cancer JNJ-1623/VAC81623 (HPV vaccine)

    1. Potential filings up to 2027, non-risk adjusted. Products marketed worldwide, but not all products in all markets/regions.

    * Indicates In Registration

    **Indicates assets for Global Public Health

    Note: Filings/approvals are in the US or EU, unless otherwise noted. This information is accurate as of the date hereof to the best of Johnson & Johnsons knowledge.

    The Company assumes no obligation to update this information.

    Line ExtensionsNew Molecular Entities

  • Flu (not the same as a cold or stomach flu)

    Symptoms High fever

    Sore throat

    Headache

    Myalgia

    Cough

    Fatigue

    At-risk populations Very young

    Elderly

    Immunocompromised

    Heart or lung disease, diabetics,

    Complications Bacterial/viral pneumonia

    Cardiac failure

    Respiratory failure

    Myositis

    Encephalopathy (rare)

  • Influenza Causes Significant Morbidity and Mortality

    1B* cases annually worldwide, with 250,000-500,000 deaths; 10-20% of the population in developed countries infected each season

    IndicationAssociated Deaths

    Per Year

    Influenza Up to 56,000

    Colon Cancer 49,190

    Pancreatic Cancer 41,780

    Breast Cancer 40,890

    Prostate Cancer 26,120

    Leukemia 24,400

    Lymphoma 21,270

    Skin Cancer 13,650

    In the U.S. each season:

    25M* total cases

    12M attend medical specialist

    390,000 hospitalizations

    Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 1919 caused ~50M deaths worldwide

    * M = Millions, B = Billions

    World Health Organization, 2016; Kostova et al., PLOS ONE, 2013; Zhou et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012; CDC MMWR Aug. 27, 2010; Sleeman, K. et al., AAC, 2010; American Cancer Association, Cancer Facts & Figures, 2016; Taubenberger, Jeffery K., and Morens, David M.,"1918 Influenza: The Mother of All Pandemics." Emerging Infectious Diseases 12.1, 2006: 15-22. Web.

  • Orthomyxovirus

    Influenza types A, B, C and D Only replicates in epithelial cells

    Type A involved in pandemics

    Type B and C cause milder disease

    Negative-strand RNA virus 8 segments of ssRNA

    Codes for >10 proteins

  • Influenza A subtypes

    Hemaglutinin (H) Binds sialic acid-containing receptors

    Neuraminidase (N) Cleaves sialic acid (neuraminic acid)

    Subtype Human Swine Horse Bird

    H1 + + +

    H2 + +

    H3 + + + +

    H4 +

    H5 + + +

    H6 +

    H7 + + +

    H8-H17 +

    Subtype Human Swine Horse Bird

    N1 + + + +

    N2 + + +

    N3 +

    N4 +

    N5 +

    N6 +

    N7 + +

    N8 + +

    N9 + +

  • Transmission

    Nomenclature e.g. A(H1N1)pdm09 = influenza type A

    with H1 and N1 antigens that caused the

    pandemic swine flu in 2009

    Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (LPAI)

    High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI)

    B/Yamagata and B/Victoria lineages (no

    subtypes)

    Antigenic drift vs antigenic shift Drift: point mutations seasonal flu

    Shift: major reassortment pandemic

    H7N9 considered most likely to start the

    next pandemic

    Animal resevoir

  • Seasonal disease (in temperate climates)

    Usually occur during winter (October to March)

    Close proximity (e.g. schools, nursing

    homes, office,)

    Coughing and sneezing aerosolizes the

    virus

    100,000 to 1,000,000 virions per droplet

    Virus can survive in colder temperature

    https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6606a2.htm

  • Prophylaxis and treatments are available but have limitations

    1. Vaccines are strain specific have to be administered each

    year and susceptible to strain mismatch which renders them

    ineffective

    2. Imperfect protection seasonal vaccines are 70-90% effective

    in preventing influenza infection in healthy adults; 30-40%

    effective in elderly patients who live in nursing homes and in

    immunocompromised patients, and

  • Influenza: Critical Pathways and Targets

    Prioritized Biological Pathways:

    Inhibition of Viral Replication (polymerase)

    Pimodivir* (JNJ-3872) PB2 inhibitor

    JNJ-5806 (AL-794) PA inhibitor

    Inhibition of Virus Attachment/Fusion JNJ-7445 Multi-domain influenza

    antibody

    REPLICATION

    ENDOCYTOSIS

    FUSION

    CLEAVAGE

    Neuraminidase

    inhibitors (NAIs)1

    ENTRY

    1. Multiple NAIs approved: Oseltamivir (PO), Zanamivir (IN), Peramivir (IV), Laninamivir (IN)

    * Licensed from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Federal funds from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for

    Preparedness and Response, BARDA, under Contract Number HHSO100201500014C.

    http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7249/fig_tab/nature08157_F2.html&ei=8nMHVbTrJoXSoASdoIGYAw&bvm=bv.88528373,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNHvTpJRxLg26btbCHOdVXRHosRxVw&ust=1426638162945609http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7249/fig_tab/nature08157_F2.html&ei=8nMHVbTrJoXSoASdoIGYAw&bvm=bv.88528373,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNHvTpJRxLg26btbCHOdVXRHosRxVw&ust=1426638162945609

  • Influenza challenge study

    Healthy volunteer study (Phase 1b) Not considered an efficacy trial but helps determine antiviral activity or prophylaxis

    Limited clinical sites with experience GMP influenza

    Reproducible?

    Limitations (to extrapolating to real-world infections) Attenuated strain

    Infection rate ~50% (exclude vaccinated subjects)

    Less symptoms

    Very controlled environment

    Drug administered within symptom-onset

  • AL-794-801 influenza viral challenge study in healthy volunteers:

    ITT-I Viral Kinetics

    Time from first dose (Days)

    Me

    an

    (+

    SE

    ) V

    ira

    l L

    oa

    d (

    Lo

    g1

    0

    TC

    ID5

    0/m

    L)

    LLOD

    Placebo BID (N=14)

    AL-794 50 mg BID (N=10)

    AL-794 150 mg BID (N=18)

    Observations less than two are not representedBID = Twice Daily

  • Phase 2-3 trials

    Prophylaxis vs treatment Different indications

    Uncomplicated vs complicated Trials in complicated patients are more difficult

    High-risk (e.g. elderly)

    Underlying disease (e.g. cardiac or respiratory)

    Immunocompromised

    No study has demonstrated efficacy in hospitalized patients

    Unclear regulatory path

    Active-controlled non-inferiority trial not possible

    Add-on superiority trial (investigational drug + SoC vs SoC; SoC is off-label use)

    Blinded, randomized, dose- or duration-response trial

  • Janssen Research & Development

    TOPAZ

    Phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-response, multicenter study

    Participants were randomized 1:1:1:1 to one of four treatments:

    Participants were followed for 14 days totalBID, twice-daily; OST, oseltamivir

    Pimodivir 300 mg Pimodivir 600 mg Combination Pimodivir

    + OST

    Placebo

    pimodivir 300 mg + OST

    placebo

    pimodivir 600 mg + OST

    placebo

    pimodivir 600 mg + OST

    75 mg

    pimodivir placebo + OST

    placebo

    Dosing for 5 days,

    twice-daily

  • Janssen Research & Development

    Primary Endpoint: Viral load over time by qRT-PCR (log10copies/mL) [FAS]

    Viral load assay LOQ = 4.0 log10 copies/mL, LOD = 3.48 log10 copies/mL. Results LOD (target detected) are

    imputed with 3.75 log10 copies/mL; results

  • Janssen Research & Development

    Primary Endpoint: Viral load (qRT-PCR)[FAS]

    Treatment with pimodivir resulted in a significant and dose-dependent decrease in AUC of viral load (by qRT-PCR) over 7 days from start of dosing, showing a dose-response relationship

    The viral culture data confirmed the qRT-PCR results and showed a shorter time to negativity compared to the qRT-PCR data

    Pimodivir in combination with oseltamivir resulted in a significant lower AUC of viral load as compared to pimodivir 600 mg alone

    a[day*log10 copies/mL]; AUC, area under the concentration time curve; qRT-PCR, quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction

    OST, oseltamivir

    Comparison Pimodivir

    300 mg vs placebo

    Pimodivir

    600 mg vs placebo

    Pimodivir

    600 mg+

    OST 75 mg vs

    placebo

    Pimodivir

    600 mg+

    OST 75 mg vs

    pimodivir 600 mg

    Change in AUC viral

    loada

    (95% CI)

    -3.6

    (-7.1; -0.1)

    -4.5

    (-8.0; -1.0)

    -8.6

    (-12.0; -5.1)

    -4.1

    (-7.4;-0.7)

  • Janssen Research & Development

    Results

    Secondary Endpoint: Safety analyses [Safety set]

    The most frequently reported TEAEs were diarrhea (reported mostly as loose stool without increased frequency) and nausea

    The majority of these events were mild in severity

    One case of severe diarrhea was reported in pimodivir 600 mg BID group

    One case of severe nausea was reported in the pimodivir 600 mg +OST 75 mg group

    Two serious TEAEs reported:

    1 (1.4%) in placebo group with thrombocytopenia; started on Day 63 and resolved 5 weeks later

    1 (1.4%) in pimodivir 600 mg BID with ALT increased; started on day 14 and resolved 21 weeks later

    Pimodivir

    300 mg

    Pimodivir

    600 mg

    Pimodivir

    600 mg+

    OST 75 mg

    Placebo

    N 74 74 73 71

    Any TEAE,

    n (%)

    32 (43.2) 39 (52.7) 30 (41.1) 31 (43.7)

    Any serious TEAE, n

    (%)

    0 1 (1.4) 0 1 (1.4)

    Any TEAE leading to

    drug discontinuation,

    n (%)

    7 (9.5) 3 (4.1) 6 (8.2) 5 (7.0)

    AEs occurring in 10% in any treatment group

    Diarrhea 5 (6.8) 20 (27.0) 13 (17.8) 4 (5.6)

    Nausea 3 (4.1) 3 (4.1) 8 (11.0) 0

    AE, adverse event; BID, twice-daily; OST, oseltamivir; TEAE, treatment-emergent AE

  • Janssen Research & Development

    Secondary Endpoint: Time-to-resolution of symptoms

    [FAS]

    A faster time-to-resolution of influenza symptoms versus placebo of 13% for pimodivir 600 mg BID and 17% for pimodivir 600 mg BID + OST 75 mg BID treatment groups

    Pimodivir 600 mg + OST 75 mg combination therapy led to a comparable estimated time to resolution of influenza symptoms as pimodivir 600 mg alone

    Comparison Pimodivir

    300 mg vs

    placebo

    Pimodivir

    600 mg vs

    placebo

    Pimodivir 600

    mg+ OST

    75 mg vs

    placebo

    Pimodivir 600

    mg+

    OST 75 mg

    vs pimodivir

    600 mg

    Acceleration

    factor (95%CI)

    1.07

    (0.76; 1.52)

    0.87

    (0.62; 1.23)

    0.83

    (0.60;

    1.16)

    0.96

    (0.69;

    1.34)

    BID, twice-daily; OST, oseltamivir

  • Summary

    Prophylaxis and treatment is available but limited Encourage flu vaccination (> 6 months)

    Treatment of complicated influenza is an unmet medical need

    Combination therapy with new mechanisms of action needed

    Seasonal and acute self-limiting disease Enrollment challenges

    Rapid diagnosis treatment

    Clinical endpoints Symptom and outcome driven, viral load is secondary

    No surrogate markers