Moleculin Biotech (MBRX) on Tuesday announced that a second round of independent laboratory testing has confirmed the antiviral activity of its drug candidate WP1122 as a potential treatment against coronavirus. The news is pushing shares up 33% to $1.46 in early market trading.Moleculin said that it contracted with IIT Research Institute for additional in vitro testing of its WP1122. The testing involved a cell viability assay in the VERO E6 cell line infected with SARS-CoV-2 and compared the therapeutic effects of 2-deoxy-D-glucose or 2-DG (the active ingredient in WP1122) alone with those of WP1122, a 2-DG prodrug. Results of a …read more
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