RE: RNS Out27 Apr 2020 15:35
New York/London - April 27, 2020 - Tiziana Life Sciences plc (Nasdaq: TLSA) ("Tiziana" or the "Company"), a biotechnology company focused on innovative therapeutics for inflammatory, autoimmune and infectious diseases, announced today that it has filed a provisional patent application on the combination of nanoparticle-Actinomycin D (NP-ACT D) with anti-interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody (anti-IL-6R) as a potential therapy for management of COVID-19 disease. The underlying invention concepts are based on the hypothesis that a combination of an antiviral drug controlling proliferation of COVID-19, with an anti-inflammatory agent (e.g., anti-IL-6R) suppressing a possible 'Cytokine Storm' may provide immediate relief to severe cases of COVID-19 patients.