BERGENBIO CONFIRMS FIRST PATIENT ENROLLED IN PHASE II TRIAL ASSESSING BEMCENTINIB AS A POTENTIAL TREATMENT FOR COVID-19 IN INDIA
Bergen, Norway – 24[th] November 2020: BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for severe unmet medical need, today announces that the first patient in India has been enrolled in the company sponsored Phase II clinical trial (BGBC020), assessing the efficacy and safety of bemcentinib for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients. The Phase II study will recruit 120 hospitalised COVID-19 patients across seven sites in India and five in South Africa. 60 patients will receive bemcentinib (as monotherapy or