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Sunshine Biopharma Initiates COVID-19 Treatment Mice Study
Press Release | 02/10/2021
MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / February 10, 2021 / Sunshine Biopharma Inc. (OTC PINK:SBFM), a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of oncology and antiviral drugs, today announced that it has initiated a momentous transgenic mice study of its COVID-19 treatment that has been under development since May of last year. Sunshine Biopharma's COVID-19 treatment consists of a series of small molecules which suppress replication of the virus by inhibiting a key virus encoded protease that is responsible for compromising the immune system of infected patients. The mice studies are currently underway at the University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy.
The mice being used in the study have been genetically engineered to express the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) transmembrane protein in their lungs making them susceptible to lethal infection by SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. The SARS-CoV-2 virus uses the hACE2 receptor to gain entry into human cells to replicate. The goal of the study is to determine if Sunshine Biopharma's protease inhibitors will protect the hACE2-transgenic mice from disease progression and death following infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus.
"Should these mice studies prove successful, we plan to submit the results to the FDA for authorization to conduct testing on actual COVID-19 patient volunteers in a Phase I clinical trial setting," said Dr. Steve Slilaty, CEO of Sunshine Biopharma. "We are excited to have initiated this pivotal study on transgenic mice with the University of Georgia. The implications of a COVID-19 treatment becoming available are vast. This is particularly the case in view of the fact that some of the variants emerging around the world are more virulent and may escape neutralization by the current vaccines," he added.
