hVIVO plc (Euronext / LON:HVO), the world leader in testing infectious and respiratory disease products using human challenge clinical trials, has announced that it has signed a £6.3m contract with a biotechnology client to test its antiviral candidate using the hVIVO Human Rhinovirus (HRV – common cold virus) Human Challenge Study Model.
· Study to enter hVIVO’s state-of-the-art Canary Wharf quarantine facilities in H2 2024
· Potential to enhance value of the client’s antiviral by generating efficacy data in HRV
The Phase 2a randomised, double-blinded placebo-controlled human challenge trial is planned to take place at the Company’s new specialist state-of-the-art quarantine facilities in Canary Wharf. It will evaluate the effect of the antiviral candidate on viral load, safety, tolerability, and prophylactic antiviral activity against HRV infection in multiple cohorts of healthy volunteers.