BioMedNewsBreaks – AzurRx BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: AZRX) Announces Advancement of MS1819 Combination Therapy Trial in Turkey
AzurRx BioPharma (NASDAQ: AZRX), a company specializing in the development of non-systemic, recombinant therapies for gastrointestinal diseases, today announced that the first two patients have been dosed in Turkey for its Phase 2 trial. The trial evaluates its investigational drug, MS1819, in combination with the current standard of care, porcine-derived pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (“PERT”), for the treatment of severe exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (“EPI”) in patients with cystic fibrosis (“CF”). “In the midst of a global pandemic and unpredictable obstacles, we are very encouraged to see our combination therapy trial moving forward at one of the clinical testing sites in Turkey,”…