25 June 2020
US-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Fulcrum Therapeutics has secured early notification from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it may proceed with the initiation of a Phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of losmapimod in higher risk adults suffering and hospitalised with Covid-19. Losmapimod is an orally available selective p38α/β mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor.
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