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FDA Declines Emergency Use Authorization for ZYESAMI® (aviptadil) for subgroup of Patients with Critical COVID-19 at immediate risk of death from respiratory failure despite treatment with approved therapy, including remdesivir

NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined to issue an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for ZYESAMI® (aviptadil) for a sub-group of patients that in addition to ZYESAMI®, also received Remdesivir and continued to progress.

NRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) Update on U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Study of ZYESAMI® (aviptadil) in Critical COVID-19

NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced results of a review conducted by the Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB) on May 25, 2022. The DSMB reviewed data of approximately 460 patients with Critical COVID-19 Respiratory Failure who were enrolled in the ACTIV-3b (TESICO) trial, most of which had reached the 90-day endpoint.

NRx Pharmaceuticals Files New Breakthrough Therapy Designation Request for ZYESAMI® (aviptadil) in Subgroup of Patients with Critical COVID-19 with Respiratory Failure that were also treated with Remdesivir and continued to progress

NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has filed a new Breakthrough Therapy designation request with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) focused on a subgroup of patients with Critical COVID-19 that in addition to aviptadil or placebo were also treated with remdesivir.  The request includes safety data on approximately 750 patients treated with intravenous ZYESAMI® for Critical COVID-19.

CEO Update: Report on BriLife’s® Serologic Response to Omicron

NRx is excited about the most recent report published by the Israeli Institute of Biological Research on the BriLife® vaccine. The scientific report shows serologic response against the Omicron variant in patients vaccinated during the phase 2 clinical trial of BriLife® against Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus. Ten of 13 vaccinated subjects demonstrated detectable neutralizing antibody against Omicron. […]