Sept 17 (Reuters) - AB SCIENCE SA ABS.PA :
* AB SCIENCE ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY IT HAS RECEIVED
AUTHORIZATION
FROM THE RUSSIAN HEALTH MINISTRY (MOH) TO RESUME PATIENT
ENROLLMENT IN THE PHASE 2 MASITINIB STUDY OF COVID-19 (AB20001)
* AUTHORIZATION SIGNIFIES THAT THE MEASURES PROPOSED BY AB
SCIENCE
TO REINFORCE PATIENT SAFETY RELATED TO CARDIAC RISK ARE ADEQUATE
FOR ALL THREE OF ITS ONGOING MASITINIB STUDIES
* OF MAJOR RELEVANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MASITINIB IN
COVID-19
IS THE RECENT PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH ARTICLE IN THE JOURNAL
SCIENCE THAT DEMONSTRATED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MASITINIB AS AN
ANTI-SARS-COV-2 DRUG IN ANIMALS
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