TORONTO, March 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF), announced today that it received approval from the Turkish Ministry of Health, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (MoH) to recruit up to twenty additional patients into the Phase II trial of its lead drug LSALT peptide (Metablok), targeting acute lung injury and acute kidney injury caused by inflammation in patients with severe cases of COVID-19.
Arch Biopartners’ Lead Drug LSALT Peptide to Enter the Canadian Treatments for COVID-19 (CATCO) Trial
LSALT Peptide (LSALT) is a novel drug candidate that targets acute organ inflammation in the lungs, liver and kidneys which is common in moderate to severe cases of COVID-19, regardless of variant type. LSALT is the first novel therapeutic to join the Canadian Treatments for COVID-19 trial, a multi-centre adaptive, randomized, open-label, controlled clinical trial … Read more