GERMANTOWN, Md., Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Seneca
Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNCA), a biopharmaceutical company focused
on developing novel treatments for diseases of high unmet medical
need, today announced that the last subject completed their final
follow-up assessment in the Company's non-GCP Phase II study in
Beijing, China evaluating NSI-566
for the treatment of chronic ischemic stroke. With this milestone
achieved, the company remains on schedule to release top line data
for the study during the fourth quarter of 2020.
About Seneca Biopharma, Inc.
Seneca Biopharma, Inc., is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical
company developing novel treatments for diseases of high unmet
medical need. The Company is in the process of transforming the
organization through the acquisition or in-licensing of new science
and technologies, to develop with the goal of providing meaningful
therapies for patients.
About Ischemic Stroke
Ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke, occurs as a
result of an obstruction within a blood vessel supplying blood to
the brain. Approximately 15 million people worldwide suffer stroke
each year, of which approximately 87% are ischemic strokes.
Post-stroke motor deficits include paralysis in arms and legs and
can be permanent. No interventional therapy exists for chronic
stroke and treatment is focused on rehabilitation, but only a small
fraction of survivors achieves complete functional recovery.
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commercialization of potential products, uncertainty of clinical
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from time to time in Seneca's
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(SEC), including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2019, its Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q as well as and in other reports filed with the
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