Redwood Pharma receives approval from the Austrian drug authority to start RP501 clinical trial
Redwood Pharma has received approval from the Austrian Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) to initiate the clinical trial of RP501, the company’s new drug candidate for first-line treatment of dry eye disease. Following the approval from the Austrian Ethics Commission earlier this month, this is the second and final approval required for the company to begin clinical work.To support future product claims, Redwood Pharma is conducting a single-center trial led by Prof. Gerhard Garhöfer who states, “We are excited to start this trial at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.