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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 9:31:34 AM
Innovation Pharma’s Broad Spectrum Antiviral Drug Candidate Brilacidin Highlighted in Biodefense and Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Presentation
WAKEFIELD, MA – April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Innovation Pharmaceuticals (OTCQB:IPIX) (“the Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that Brilacidin, the Company’s defensin-mimetic drug candidate, was featured in the “Mason Science Series: Rising to the National and International COVID-19 Challenge,” a presentation of George Mason University.
The presentation covers the latest research of Dr. Aarthi Narayanan, a faculty member in George Mason’s National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, and her team’s (and associated teams) efforts, which are geared towards the development of therapeutics and vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, including Brilacidin. A video of Dr. Narayanan’s presentation can be accessed at the link below. Discussion of Brilacidin begins at approximately the 40-minute mark.
• Mason Science Series: Rising to the National and International COVID-19 Challenge - YouTube
Dr. Narayanan has been leading ongoing research assessing Brilacidin’s broad spectrum antiviral potential, with preliminary in vitro data showing Brilacidin potently inhibits both coronaviruses and alphaviruses. As previously released, these data will serve as the basis for an Oral Presentation on Brilacidin’s antiviral properties to be delivered at the American Society of Virology’s 40th Annual Meeting (ASV 2021), taking place July 19-23, 2021.
Variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to pose a significant challenge in the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the B.1.1.7 variant, first discovered in the United Kingdom, is the most common variant in the U.S., according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky. Due to a potential lessened therapeutic effect against variants, monoclonal antibody treatments have been called into question. Eli Lilly, for example, recently stopped supplying bamlanivimab as a solo therapy for treatment of COVID-19. Variants are showing a similar ability to reduce the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, with safety concerns associated with vector-based vaccines surfacing.
To help satisfy a large unmet need in the antiviral therapeutics area, the Company is developing Brilacidin as a potential novel broad spectrum antiviral drug.
Leo Ehrilich Quote "If Brilacidin goes on to realize its promise as a broad spectrum antiviral, the potential benefits to patients and shareholders for this drug would likely be greater than I or anyone could have ever imagined.”
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