ExoFlo is an investigational new extracellular vesicle drug that is isolated from human bone marrow mesenchymal stem or stromal cells. Expanding access gives doctors the option to administer ExoFlo as a treatment to reverse disease progression in patients.

Though patients are already being enrolled in the company's phase II, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial EXIT COVID-19, the expanded access protocol makes ExoFlo available to a broader group of patients with severe COVID-19 who would not meet the "compassionate use" criteria.

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