Komipharm In Spotlight As It Files For Emergency Trials Against Coronavirus

Komipharm files for emergency clinical trial of its investigative drug to treat coronavirus pneumonia, which is poised to become the first such study by a Korean company.

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Korea Plans First Trial For COVID-19 • Source: Shutterstock

Komipharm International Co. Ltd. has filed an emergency clinical trial plan with South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for its investigative drug Panaphix (PAX-1), to treat patients with novel coronavirus-related pneumonia.

The study, if approved, would be the first in the country for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the

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