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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Tiziana Life Sciences up 91% on inhalable treatment of COVID-19

Thinly traded nano cap Tiziana Life Sciences plc (NASDAQ:TLSA) rockets 91% premarket on average volume in reaction to its announcement that it has developed an investigational new technology that enables the direct delivery of IL-6-inhibiting monoclonal antibodies into the lungs via a handheld inhaler or nebulizer.
The company says the technology advances its IL-6 candidate TZLS-501 for the potential treatment of COVID-19, adding that it could be useful with other antibodies and drugs. A provisional patent application has been filed.
It acquired the candidate from Swiss biotech Novimmune in 2017.
IL-6 is a proinflammatory cytokine (protein) that is believed to play a key role in the development of severe lung damage in severely ill COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3559578-tiziana-life-sciences-up-91-on-inhalable-treatment-of-covidminus-19

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