ABVC BioPharma Provides Vitargus® Update

Phase II Vitargus® Clinical Study Protocol Receives Local Ethics Committee Approval

FREMONT, CA, Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire – ABVC BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABVC), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic solutions in oncology/hematology, CNS, and ophthalmology, today announced that the Ethics Committee (“EC”) of Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University of Thailand approved the Vitargus Phase II Clinical Study Protocol (ABV-1701-02). Srinagarind is one of two sites in Thailand that have agreed to participate in the study. The other site, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, expects to receive EC approval in the near future. It is anticipated that a total of 20 or more patients undergoing vitreo-retinal surgery will be included in the studies at the selected sites. The final step prior to initiating the two studies is the issuance of an EC investigational product (IP) import license by the Food and Drug Administration of Thailand.