The EU regulatory dossier is more than 90 per cent complete and initial launch batches of Viraleze are scheduled for manufacture in January 2021.
Viraleze will be marketed as an antiviral nasal spray for SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that causes Covid-19) as well as other important respiratory viruses such as flu.
This timing is earlier than previously announced.
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