.27 Jun 2017 08:19
Approval given:
LONDON, June 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verona Pharma plc (AIM:VRP) (NASDAQ:VRNA) ("Verona Pharma"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for respiratory diseases, announces today regulatory approval in five European countries, comprising the United Kingdom, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic, for a Phase 2b dose-ranging trial of RPL554 for maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The trial is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2017, with top-line data expected in the second half of 2018.