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Avivagen Accelerates Plans for Commercial Launch of its OxC-Beta™ Technology for Human Use in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Avivagen Accelerates Plans for Commercial Launch of its OxC-Beta™ Technology for Human Use in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic.
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[{"type":"text","content":"Avivagen Inc. (TSXV:VIV) (“Avivagen”), a life sciences corporation focused on developing and commercializing products that safely support immune function and dampen inflammation, thereby supporting general health and well-being, announces today that it is accelerating its plans for commercial launch of its OxC-Beta product as a supplement for human use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. OxC-beta is a patent protected product that first launched commercially in livestock applications to help remove antibiotics as growth promoters from the food chain, subsequently launched in the companion animal market as a supplement and is now being readied to launch in the US market, initially, for human use as a health supplement. We will provide updates through additional press releases as the product gets closer to an official commercial launch date and product availability.On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic and there has now been significant reporting of the symptoms and viral progression for those infected with COVID-19. Avivagen has been closely studying the transmission of COVID-19, the symptoms and progression and has examined those findings against its own growing body of scientific, fundamental work for how Avivagen’s OxC-beta works, mechanistically, to support innate immune function in various settings.The earliest stages of the battle between a host and an invading pathogen is fought by the innate immune system. Avivagen’s published work in peer reviewed journals together with unpublished proof-of-concept studies shows that its OxC-beta product supports and primes the innate immune system while also dampening chronic, overzealous inflammatory responses, elements that could prove beneficial to those with heightened risk of infection with COVID-19, seasonal flu, the common cold, and future emerging diseases caused by novel pathogens.Avivagen has shown that its OxC-beta product boosts the innate immune system by augmenting surveillance through an increase in the number of pathogen sensing receptors, including toll-like receptor-2 and 4 (TLR-2 and 4), that are on the lookout for harmful pathogens1. Of particular interest, the TLR-2 and TLR-4 pathways, best known for their roles in recognizing bacteria, have also been implicated in the innate immune response to seve...