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PolyMedix Initiates Dosing in Phase I Clinical Study of Novel Systemic Antibiotic Compound
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 14th, 2008
PolyMedix, Inc. (OTC BB: PYMX, http://polymedix.com), an emerging biotechnology company developing new therapeutic drug products to treat infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular disorders based on biomimetics, has initiated dosing and commenced a Phase I clinical study in Canada for its defensin mimetic antibiotic compound, PMX-30063. PolyMedix received a notice of no objection from Health Canada for the Company's Clinical Trial Application ("CTA") for PMX-30063 in May 2008. PMX-30063 is the first and only defensin mimetic antibiotic compound to enter human clinical trials for systemic use, and represents an entirely new class of antibiotic drugs.
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