Nature Medicine publishes phase 3 anakinra study results in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi™) (STO:SOBI) and the Hellenic Institute for the Study of Sepsis today announce that Nature Medicine has published positive results from the investigator-sponsored phase 3 SAVE-MORE study evaluating anakinra plus standard of care (SOC) in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 pneumonia. The study demonstrated that early and targeted use of anakinra, in addition to current SOC, reduces risk of death, reduces ICU admission and increases likelihood of full recovery in hospitalised COVID-19 patients with poor prognosis due to risk of severe