ProSomnus Poised to Support Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Following Discontinuation of Philips Respironics OSA Devices
January 29 2024 - 7:00AM
ProSomnus, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSA) (the “Company”), the leading non-CPAP
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) therapy™, announced that the company
is well-positioned to support patients with OSA and sleep
physicians who can no longer access discontinued OSA devices.
Earlier in January, Philips Respironics announced the
discontinuation of many devices used for the treatment and
diagnosis of sleep apnea, including CPAP systems. This
discontinuation follows several U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) mandated CPAP recalls over the past several years adversely
impacting an estimated 4 million patients.
ProSomnus precision intraoral devices have
demonstrated excellent efficacy, adherence, and patient preference
in numerous clinical studies, including a head-to-head cross over
study comparing the effectiveness of treatment with ProSomnus
devices versus CPAP devices. Further, ProSomnus is generally able
to connect sleep physicians with local providers who are in-network
with medical insurance, take Medicare and have demonstrated
excellent results and high levels of patient satisfaction.
“ProSomnus along with our qualified providers
are mobilized to facilitate access to high quality healthcare for
the millions of patients suffering from untreated Obstructive Sleep
Apnea,” commented Len Liptak, Chief Executive Officer of ProSomnus.
“Scientific data from over a dozen studies, including hundreds of
patients, establish ProSomnus devices as safe, effective, and
patient preferred. We stand ready to help sleep physicians and
their patients connect to qualified providers.”
“With this announcement by Philips Respironics,
I believe that the public in need of treatment for OSA is becoming
more disenfranchised,” stated Dr. Kent Smith, D-ABDSM, ASBA. “It is
past the time for the PAP community of healthcare providers to
partner with qualified Dental Sleep Medicine (DSM) providers to
facilitate a less restrictive avenue for treatment. We will hear of
stricter allocation of PAP units soon, and I believe it would
benefit the patients needing help to be provided with other
options. I hope that PAPs would be reserved for the most severe
population while those with less severe disease levels would be
offered Oral Appliance Therapy, which has been found to be very
effective in this subset of patients.”
“As a DSM Specialist, the recent news of Philips
Respironics exiting the U.S. sleep business represents a
significant shift in the landscape of sleep health solutions and
has important implications for both patients and healthcare
providers,” stated Dr. Stacey Layman, D-ABDSM, D-ABSA. “Philips has
been a prominent player in the sleep health industry, providing
innovative solutions for sleep apnea and other sleep disorders.
Their decision to withdraw from this market has led to a gap that
needs to be filled. DSM is an emerging field focusing on the
diagnosis and treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders
through dental interventions. This transition underscores the
significance of multi-disciplinary collaboration within sleep
medicine. DSM specialists can work in tandem with sleep physicians
and other healthcare providers to offer holistic, patient-centered
care for individuals suffering from sleep-related issues. Oral
Appliance Therapy has been demonstrated in clinical studies to be
highly effective in managing sleep disorders, offering patients a
non-invasive and comfortable alternative to traditional CPAP
therapy. I encourage patients and healthcare providers to explore
all treatment options for OSA.”
“ProSomnus qualified providers are already
working alongside sleep physicians in utilizing precision Oral
appliance Therapy (OAT) to treat OSA,” stated Dr. Mark T. Murphy,
DDS D-ABDSM. “We expect that this Philips discontinuation is likely
to create a supply chain issue with CPAP availability and affect
access to care. ProSomnus is positioned to provide patients timely
access to care with its clinically proven and patient preferred
precision appliances.”
We invite patients and sleep physicians to
contact ProSommus at Info@ProSomnus.com to learn more about
ProSomnus precision devices or to be introduced with a qualified
provider in their area.
About ProSomnusProSomnus
(NASDAQ: OSA) is the leading non-CPAP therapy for the treatment of
Obstructive Sleep Apnea a serious medical disease affecting over 1
billion people worldwide, that is associated with comorbidities
including heart failure, stroke, hypertension, morbid obesity, and
type 2 diabetes. ProSomnus intraoral medical devices are engineered
to precisely track the treatment plan and anatomy for each patient.
Non-invasive, patient preferred and easy to use, ProSomnus devices
have demonstrated excellent efficacy, safety, adherence, and
overall outcomes in a growing body of clinical investigations.
ProSomnus precision intraoral devices are FDA-cleared, patented,
and covered by commercial medical insurance, Medicare, TRICARE and
many Government-sponsored healthcare plans around the world,
representing over 200 million covered lives. To learn more, visit
www.ProSomnus.com.
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“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities
Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as
amended. Statements that are not historical facts, including
statements about the Company’s ability to support incremental
patients, expected supply chain issues for CPAP availability and
ProSomnus’s ability to help sleep physicians connect patients to
qualified providers, are forward-looking statements. The words
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industries in which the Company operates and variations in
operating performance across competitors; changes in laws and
regulations affecting ProSomnus’s business; the risk of downturns
in the market and ProSomnus’s industry; risks related to
ProSomnus’s limited operating history and history of losses; the
timing of expected business milestones; ProSomnus’s ability to
implement its business plan and scale its business; the
understanding and adoption by dentists and other healthcare
professionals of ProSomnus oral devices for OSA; expectations
concerning the effectiveness of OSA treatment using ProSomnus oral
devices and the potential for patient relapse after completion of
treatment; the potential financial benefits to dentists and other
healthcare professionals from treating patients with ProSomnus oral
devices and using ProSomnus’s monitoring tools; ProSomnus’s
potential profit margin from sales of ProSomnus oral devices;
ProSomnus’s ability to properly train dentists in the use of the
ProSomnus oral devices and other services it offers in their dental
practices; ProSomnus’s ability to formulate, implement and modify
as necessary effective sales, marketing, and strategic initiatives
to drive revenue growth; ProSomnus’s ability to expand
internationally; the viability of ProSomnus’s intellectual property
and intellectual property created in the future; acceptance by the
marketplace of the products and services that ProSomnus markets;
government regulations and ProSomnus’s ability to obtain applicable
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including under healthcare laws and the rules and regulations of
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; the extent of patient
reimbursement by medical insurance in the United States and
internationally; and the outcome of any legal proceedings that may
be instituted against the Company. A further list and description
of risks and uncertainties can be found in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April
14, 2023, and the Company’s subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on
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