APEIRON Biologics commences clinical COVID-19 trial with inhaled APN01

Vienna, Austria, 12 October 2021: APEIRON Biologics AG, a privately held biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies for cancer and respiratory diseases, today announced the start of a company sponsored Phase 1 trial for inhalation of APN01. The double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study plans to enroll about 40 healthy volunteers in Austria to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of inhaled APN01.