Madrid-based PharmaMar has submitted the protocol for a Phase 2 trial to the Spanish Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency (AEMPS) to test its multiple myeloma therapy Aplidin (plitidepsin) in people with COVID-19 pneumonia. The trial, named APLICOV, aims to recruit 160 patients across multiple sites in Spain and assess if Aplidin reduces the proportion of patients who progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome, a type of respiratory failure that causes patients to need mechanical ventilation…
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