Sorrento will study the safety and pharmacokinetics of Covi-Drops in healthy volunteers and patients with mild COVID-19 in a phase I trial if the agency authorizes the IND.

The drops demonstrated a 100% neutralizing effect in vitro and in vivo. At very low doses, they prevented SARS-CoV-2 from infecting healthy cells and causing COVID-19-like disease in Syrian golden hamsters, according to preclinical data.

Sorrento plans phase II trial for COVID-19 treatment
Sorrento Therapeutics received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to initiate a phase II clinical trial evaluating abivertinib for treatment...

Sorrento moves forward with COVID-19 prophylactic drug
Sorrento has completed preclinical testing of STI-4398 (COVIDTRAP), reporting positive results on the protein's ability to neutralize and inhibit the...

Sorrento, Mount Sinai to develop targeted SARS-CoV-2 antibody treatment
Sorrento Therapeutics and Mount Sinai Health System have joined forces to develop an antibody therapy called COVI-Shield to treat COVID-19.