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BioVie Announces Formation of Advisory Board for Bezisterim in Long COVID
Scientific Advisory Board to play pivotal role in guiding and accelerating bezisterim long COVID Phase 2b trial supported by an award from U.S. Department of
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[{"type":"text","content":"Scientific Advisory Board to play pivotal role in guiding and accelerating bezisterim long COVID Phase 2b trial supported by an award from U.S. Department of Defense\nCARSON CITY, Nev., June 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioVie Inc. (NASDAQ: BIVI), (“BioVie” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage company developing innovative drug therapies for the treatment of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders and advanced liver disease, today announced the formation of a long COVID Advisory Board that will provide the Company with strategic guidance on the design and execution of a Phase 2b trial in patients with long COVID, with funding from the U.S. Department of Defense. Long COVID is a condition in which symptoms of COVID-19, the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, persist for an extended period of time, generally three months or more. The Centers for Disease Control recently reported that more than 17 million adults in the United States currently or previously had long COVID.1 Symptoms, which include cognitive dysfunction and fatigue, are debilitating and to date there are no therapies proven effective for treatment. The Advisory Board includes four of the leading experts in long COVID (Michael Peluso, MD, MHS and Steven Deeks, MD from the University of California, San Francisco; Sherry Chou, MD and Igor Koralnik, MD from Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago) and two industry experts in outcomes and neuropsychiatric clinical development (Cynthia Girman, Dr. PH, Founder and President of CERobs Consulting, Dr. Douglas Feltner, former Chief Medical Officer at Kisbee Therapeutics and Exicure Inc). Joseph Palumbo, MD, LFAPA, MACPsych, BioVie’s Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research and Development will chair the Advisory Board. “We are gratified to have been selected and to have received funding from the DoD to evaluate our novel therapeutic bezisterim in patients with Long COVID,” said Dr. Palumbo. “Bezisterim is an anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizer that permeates the blood-brain barrier and could represent a novel oral treatment targeting an underlying cause of long COVID symptoms. Our Scientific Advisory Board will play a pivotal role in guiding and accelerating our program in the currently funded planning phase. We are pleased to have this esteemed group of scientists as collaborators ...