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Sunshine Biopharma Receives Second Tranche From Previously Announced $2,000,000 + Financing for Coronavirus Treatment
MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / October 26, 2020 / Sunshine Biopharma Inc. (OTC PINK:SBFM), a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and
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[{"type":"text","content":"MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / October 26, 2020 / Sunshine Biopharma Inc. (OTC PINK:SBFM), a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of oncology and antiviral drugs, today announced that it has received the second tranche of funding under the recently announced committed minimum financing of $2,000,000 with RB Capital Partners Inc. This brings the total to $550,000 that the Company has received under this financing. The proceeds will be used for the ongoing development of the Company's Coronavirus Treatment on a priority basis and the clinical development of Adva-27a, the Company's flagship anticancer compound targeted for pancreatic cancer.Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 1.1 million people worldwide since it first appeared in December 2019. There are currently no drugs that can effectively arrest replication of the virus in people who have contracted the illness. On May 22, 2020, Sunshine Biopharma filed a provisional patent application for several molecules which were designed by computer-aided modeling to inhibit the Coronavirus proteases, thus shutting down the ability of the virus to multiply. Sunshine Biopharma has since completed the synthesis of four such molecules and identified a lead compound, SBFM-PL4. In collaboration with the University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy, the Company is currently advancing the development of SBFM-PL4 through the in vitro testing stage to be followed by mice studies before entering clinical trials on COVID-19 patients.\"We are excited about the financing arrangement we have in place with RB Capital as it provides with the funding required for our research projects,\" said Camille Sebaaly, Chief Financial Officer of Sunshine Biopharma.About Sunshine BiopharmaIn addition, to working on the development of a treatment for COVID-19, Sunshine Biopharma is engaged in the development Adva-27a, a unique anticancer compound. Tests conducted to date have demonstrated the effectiveness of Adva-27a at destroying Multidrug Resistant Cancer Cells, including Pancreatic Cancer cells, Small-Cell Lung Cancer cells, Breast Cancer cells, and Uterine Sarcoma cells. Clinical trials for Pancreatic Cancer indication are planned to be conducted at McGill ...