The Perfect Enemy | Veru stock soars after FDA agrees COVID-19 treatment can be submitted for EUA application - MarketWatch
March 28, 2024

Veru stock soars after FDA agrees COVID-19 treatment can be submitted for EUA application – MarketWatch

Veru stock soars after FDA agrees COVID-19 treatment can be submitted for EUA application  MarketWatchView Full Coverage on Google News

Shares of Veru Inc. VERU, -4.42% shot up 14.4% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed that the biopharmaceutical company’s COVID-19 treatment can be submitted for a request for Emergency Use Authorization. The company said the FDA’s agreement was based on efficacy and safety data from a completed Phase 3 trial of its sabizabulin treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients at high risk for acute respiratory disease syndrome. Veru expects to submit a request for an EUA application in the second quarter of 2022. “The discussion with FDA in the Pre-EUA meeting has established a direct path forward to expedite the availability of sabizabulin to the high risk hospitalized patients with COVID-19,” said Chief Executive Mitchell Steiner. “In the Phase 3 COVID-19 clinical study, sabizabulin demonstrated a clear mortality benefit in hospitalized moderate to severe COVID-19 patients on current standard of care with no significant safety signals.” Veru’s stock has run up 32.3% year to date through Tuesday, while the S&P 500 SPX, +0.25% has dropped 16.1%.