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PharmaDrug granted pre-IND meeting request by FDA for oral antiviral drug cepharanthine

PharmaDrug granted pre-IND meeting request by FDA for oral antiviral drug cepharanthine

PharmaDrug Inc. chairman and CEO Daniel Cohen joined Proactive's Stephen Gunnion with news that the specialty pharmaceutical company has been granted a Pre-Investigational New Drug (pre-IND) meeting with the US Food and Drug Administration for the clinical development of its patented enteric-coated formulation of cepharanthine (PD-001).

Cohen telling Proactive that feedback from the FDA will provide the company with critical information relevant to definitive its parallel development paths for its cepharanthine programs in both coronavirus (COVID-19) and rare cancers.