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07/11/2023 7:20AM
Company's Broad-Spectrum Antiviral NV-387 Has Demonstrated Excellent Effectiveness In RSV In A Lethal Lung Disease Animal Model, Reports NanoViricides

Shelton, Connecticut -- July 11, 2023 -- NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE:NNVC) (the "Company"), a leader in the development of highly effective antiviral therapies based on a novel nanomedicines technology, reported today on the strong effectiveness of its broad-spectrum antiviral clinical drug candidate NV-387 in an animal model of lethal lung infection with RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus).

NV-387 Can Advance Directly into Phase II Human Clinical Trials for RSV Treatment:

NV-387 is the active ingredient of NV-CoV-2, the Company’s drug for the treatment of COVID and possibly long COVID. It is already in Phase 1a/1b human clinical trials for the evaluation of safety in healthy volunteers and of safety and preliminary efficacy in COVID patients as previously reported.

It is expected that NV-387 can be advanced into Phase II studies against RSV once the current Phase I studies of NV-CoV-2 are completed. This will significantly speed up the development of the RSV drug, save costs, and improve return on investments (ROI).

“We are very pleased with the extremely high effectiveness of NV-387 in combatting RSV”, said Anil R. Diwan, PhD, President and Executive Chairman of the Company, adding, “Importantly, both oral administration and intravenous injection of NV-387 were highly effective. This study further establishes the broad-spectrum antiviral effectiveness of NV-387, and further solidifies our novel nanoviricides platform technology.”

RSV is an Important Acute Lower Respiratory Infection (ALRI; includes Pneumonia) : 1

Each year in the United States, an estimated 58,000–80,000 children younger than 5 years old are hospitalized due to RSV infection. Globally, RSV is a common cause of childhood ALRI and a major cause of hospital admissions in young children. Globally in 2015, 33 million episodes of RSV-ALRI, resulted in about 3·2 million hospital admissions, and 59,600 in-hospital deaths in children younger than 5 years. About 45% of hospital admissions and in-hospital deaths due to RSV-ALRI occur in children younger than 6 months.

There are No Effective Treatments for RSV:

Two vaccines have recently been approved for RSV prophylaxis. Arexvy (GSK), and Abrysvo (Pfizer) were approved in May, 2023 for use in adults over 60 years of age and both reduced severity of RSV infection. There are no vaccines currently approved for infants and children.

However, there are no effective therapeutics for RSV to date. Ribavirin is conditionally approved only for patients with high risk of progressively severe RSV disease, due to significant side effects including hemolytic anemia and kidney failure. Synagis (palivizumab), an antibody, is approved only as a prophylactic in children and infants at high risk of severe RSV infection, but it is not approved for treatment of RSV infection.

Market Size of RSV Therapeutics is Expected to Hit US$ 8.73 Billion by 2031 : 2

GrowthPlus Reports, in June 2023, says the market size for RSV therapeutics was worth $1.8 Billion in 2022, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 18.9%, reaching $8.73 Billion by 2031.