Sephience

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  • Company:

    PTC Therapeutics International Limited
  • Status:

    Updated
  • Legal Category:

    Product subject to restricted prescription (C)
  • Active Ingredient(s):

    This medicinal product is subject to additional monitoring.

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Updated on 26 May 2026

File name

Sephience PIL_19May2026.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 3 - how to take/use
  • Change to section 6 - date of revision

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Minor wording changes in Section 3 to make it clearer how to take the medicine and change to the Date of revision to April 2026

Updated on 26 May 2026

File name

Sephience SmPC_19May2026.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text

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Minor wording changes to Section 4.2 to make meanings clearer.

Addition of study 301 to Section 5.1 as follows:-

Study 4 (PTC923-PKU-301) was a Phase 3, 2-part, open-label, randomised, active-controlled crossover study of sepiapterin versus sapropterin in participants with PKU aged ≥2 years.​

In Part 1 of the study, participants underwent a 14-day open-label treatment with sepiapterin 60 mg/kg/day  to assess their responsiveness, defined by a ≥20% reduction in blood Phe levels from baseline. Of 82 participants, 67 (81.7%) were responsive, achieving a mean Phe reduction of 415.5  μmol/L (59.1% decrease from baseline). Of these, 62 participants qualified for Part 2, where they were randomiseds into two sequences: sapropterin-sepiapterin (n=30) or sepiapterin-sapropterin (n=32), each treatment separated by a 14-day washout. The primary efficacy endpoint for Part 2 was the mean change in blood Phe levels from baseline to Weeks 3 and 4. The primary analysis showed a statistically significant treatment difference favouring 60 mg/kg/day sepiapterin over 20 mg/kg/day sapropterin (p<0.0001) in participants who demonstrated a ≥30% Phe reduction in Part 1. Sepiapterin treatment led to a rapid and sustained decrease in Phe levels. By Day 28 of treatment, the LS mean change in blood Phe levels from baseline to Weeks 3 and 4 was -437.0 μmol/L with sepiapterin and --256.6 μmol/L with sapropterin, for an LS mean treatment difference of -180.4 μmol/L (p<0.0001). In BH4-responsive participants, the mean absolute Phe concentration decreased from 775.9 to 323.7 µmol/L with sepiapterin, versus 854.1 to 552 µmol/L with sapropterin dihydrochloride (LS  mean difference:: -214 µmol/L [95% CI: -274.1, -153.9]; p<0.0001). In patients who were receiving BH4 at study entry, the mean absolute Phe concentration decreased from 842.6 to 370.9  µmol/L with sepiapterin, versus a decrease from 910.8 to 629.0 µmol/L with sapropterin dihydrochloride (LS mean difference: -248.5 µmol/L [95% CI: -320.5, -176.5]; p<0.0001). Sepiapterin demonstrated a statistically significantly greater reduction in the primary endpoint versus sapropterin in the overall population; enabling a greater proportion of patients to achieve target blood Phe levels.

Update to Section 10 to revise the text on 04.2026

Updated on 05 September 2025

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ema-combined-h-6331-en-printready-28Aug2025.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 6.3 - Shelf life

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Variation to extend the shelf-life of Sephience in the EU from 24 to 36 months was approved on August 28, 2025

Updated on 01 July 2025

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ema-combined-h-6331-en-printready-19Jun2025-MA-SmPC.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • New SPC for new product

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Summary of Product Characteristics for new product Sephience (Sepiapterin).

Updated on 01 July 2025

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ema-combined-h-6331-en-printready-19Jun2025-MA-PIL (1).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • New PIL for new product

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New patient information leaflet for new product.

PTC Therapeutics International Limited

PTC Therapeutics International Limited