AzurRx BioPharma (NASDAQ: AZRX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of targeted, non-systemic therapies for gastrointestinal (“GI”) diseases, announced that it, along with First Wave Bio Inc., has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The notice of allowance is for issuance of a patent that covers use of niclosamide as a treatment for COVID-19-associated GI disease. AZRX filed the patent with First Wave, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel gut-targeted small molecules for inflammatory bowel disease and other serious conditions. GI infections have become a significant unmet clinical need during the COVID-19 pandemic; AzurRx has projected that the potential U.S. market size may be $450 to 600 million or greater for the first year, depending on how the pandemic progresses or is controlled. “We are greatly encouraged by the allowance of the patent application,” said AzurRx BioPharma president and CEO James Sapirstein in the press release. “We believe that the FW-1022 clinical program, which supports this patent filing, has been considerably strengthened in advance of the initiation of our Phase 2 COVID-19 GI clinical trial in 1H’21. Our proprietary niclosamide formulation has the potential to benefit COVID patients by decreasing viral load in the GI tract, treating infection symptoms and preventing transmission of the virus through fecal spread.”
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About AzurRx BioPharma Inc.
AzurRx BioPharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of targeted, nonsystemic therapies for gastrointestinal (“GI”) diseases. The company has a pipeline of three gut-restricted GI assets. The first is MS1819, a recombinant lipase biologic for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (“EPI”) in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis, with two ongoing phase 2 clinical trials. The other two are clinical-stage therapies using proprietary formulations of niclosamide, a pro-inflammatory pathway inhibitor: FW-420, for the treatment of grade 1 immune checkpoint inhibitor associated colitis (“ICI-AC”) and diarrhea in oncology patients, and FW-1022, for the treatment of COVID-19 gastrointestinal infections. The company is headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, with clinical operations in Hayward, California. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.AzurRx.com.
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