Oct 17 (Reuters) - Sorrento Therapeutics Inc SRNE.O :
* SORRENTO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES PHASE 1 STUDY AND IS
PROCEEDING
TO IMPLEMENT GLOBAL REGISTRATIONAL TRIALS WITH STI-1558, AN ORAL
MPRO INHIBITOR AS A STANDALONE ORAL TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF
COVID-19 WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A RITONAVIR BOOSTER
* SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS INC- THERE WERE NO SERIOUS ADVERSE
EVENTS
(SAES) OR SEVERE TREATMENT EMERGENT ADVERSE EVENTS
* SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS INC- NO DOSE LIMITING TOXICITIES
WERE
NOTED AND THERE WERE NO PREMATURE TERMINATIONS FROM STUDY
POST-TREATMENT
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