On May 19, 2020, CytoDyn Inc. (OTC.QB: CYDY), a late-stage biotechnology company developing leronlimab (PRO 140), a CCR5 antagonist with the potential for multiple therapeutic indications, announced it will be coordinating with the NIH of Mexico and providing leronlimab for a trial for the severe/critical COVID-19 population in Mexico with the potential to collaborate on further CytoDyn COVID-19 trials. CytoDyn is currently enrolling a Phase 2b/3 clinical trial for 390 patients, which is a randomized, placebo-controlled with 2:1 ratio (active drug to placebo ratio). CytoDyn is also enrolling a Phase 2 randomized clinical trial with 75 patients in the mild-to-moderate COVID-19 population. CytoDyn has been granted more than 60 emergency Investigational New Drug (eIND) authorizations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and plans to provide clinical updates for this patient population later in the week. “We look forward to evaluating leronlimab as a treatment option for patients of COVID-19. We have seen the devastation of this disease on the citizens of Mexico and are looking forward to providing effective treatment options to mitigate the devastation of COVID-19,” said Gustavo Reyes Terán, MD, MPH, Head of the Coordinating Commission of National Institutes of Health and High Specialty Hospitals of Mexico, an organization that coordinates the main institutions of medical care and public research in the country. Dr. Terán had earlier spent two years in San Francisco, CA, USA, completing a postdoctoral fellowship in the “Pathogenesis of HIV Disease” at the Cancer Research Institute of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). “The NIH of Mexico is committed to help alleviate human suffering and mortality of Mexican citizens.Login Or Register To Read Full Story