NanoViricides Says Clinical Lead Drug NV-387 Shows Strong Activity Against Measles Virus In Cell Culture Studies As Well As In Humanized Animal Model

NanoViricides, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE Amer:NNVC) (the "Company"), announced that its clinical lead drug NV-387 has shown strong activity against the Measles virus in cell culture studies as well as in a humanized animal model. Additionally, NV-387 treatment led to protection of lungs which is very important for keeping severely ill patients alive in late-stage viral infections. Currently, there is no approved drug for treating Measles.

Firstly, NV-387 was found to have direct antiviral effects against Measles virus in standard cell culture-based testing that measured increase in the extent of surviving infected cells upon treatment with the drug (i.e. "CPE" or Cytopathic Effects Assay).

Additionally, in a lethal Measles infection humanized animal model, NV-387 treatment led to a substantial increase in the number of survival days, to 17 days in NV-387-treated animals, from only 7.4 days in untreated animals, an increase of 130%, in a lethal lung infection of humanized mice by Measles virus1, as previously reported.