REUTERS
October 12, 2020 at 18:10 JST
A health official wearing protective gear gives surveys to people waiting for the COVID-19 test at a public health center in Goyang, South Korea, on May 28. (AP Photo)
SEOUL--South Korean drugmaker Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. said on Monday that it had received regulatory approval for Phase 1 clinical trials of its anti-parasitic niclosamide drug to treat COVID-19 patients.
The approval comes after the company in August received Indian regulatory approval to test the drug in Phase 1 trials.
The company confirmed the safety of the drug in its latest study in partnership with New Delhi-based Mankind Pharma Ltd., Daewoong said in a statement.
In September, Daewoong separately launched another overseas human trial of the drug in the Philippians.
Daewoong plans to seek conditional approval for its anti-viral drug, DWRX2003, for emergency use after securing the results from a second-stage clinical study, the company said.
Daewoong had said its anti-viral drug had completely eliminated the novel coronavirus from animals’ lungs during pre-clinical testing.
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