Dr. Jeffrey Gudin, Chief Medical Officer of Virpax Pharmaceuticals, to Present Poster at World Congress of World Institute of Pain
Virpax Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRPX) announced that Dr. Jeffrey Gudin will present a poster titled, “Enkephalin as a Novel Analgesic: Efficiency and Safety in Pre-Clinical Models” at the World Congress of World Institute of Pain in Budapest, Hungary, from August 25 to 27. Dr. Gudin, affiliated with the University of Miami, is the principal investigator on Virpax's NIH/NCATS Envelta research agreement. The World Institute of Pain, founded in 1993, promotes advanced pain management practices globally.
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Virpax is developing branded, non-addictive pain management products candidates using its proprietary technologies to optimize and target drug delivery. Virpax is initially seeking FDA approval for two prescription drug candidates that employ two different patented drug delivery platforms. Probudur™ is a single injection liposomal bupivacaine formulation being developed to manage post-operative pain and Envelta™ is an intranasal molecular-envelope enkephalin formulation being developed to manage acute and chronic pain, including pain associated with cancer. Virpax is also using its intranasal Molecular Envelope Technology (MET) to develop two other product candidates. PES200 is a product candidate being developed to manage post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and VRP324 is a product candidate being developed for the nasal delivery of a pharmaceutical-grade cannabidiol (CBD) for the management of rare pediatric epilepsy. Virpax recently acquired global rights to VRP324. Virpax is also seeking approval of two nonprescription product candidates. AnQlar is being developed to inhibit viral replication caused by influenza or SARS-CoV-2, and Epoladerm™ is a topical diclofenac spray film formulation being developed to manage pain associated with osteoarthritis. For more information, please visit www.virpaxpharma.com.
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