** Shares of drug developer Atossa Therapeutics ATOS.O up
1.1% at 83 cents
** ATOS says U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted
clinical hold and allowed co to begin mid-stage study of its
drug candidate endoxifen urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX68KrwG
** ATOS will be testing endoxifen in premenopausal women
with a certain type of early-stage breast cancer
** Adds that co is discontinuing its AT-301 COVID-19 program
to focus on its breast cancer study
** As of last close, stock down ~47% YTD
(Reporting by Bhanvi Satija in Bengaluru)
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