Quoin Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on rare and orphan diseases, announced that it will expand its ongoing Netherton Syndrome clinical studies to include international sites. The first international site will be opened at a research hospital in Saudi Arabia. This hospital is currently treating a number of Netherton patients who will now become eligible for recruitment into Quoin’s studies. An experienced Clinical Research Organization has been engaged to manage the study locally. The Saudi site will operate under the auspices of Quoin’s open Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the US Food and Drug Administration. Plans to open additional international clinical sites are at an advanced stage.
Quoin CEO, Dr. Michael Myers, said, “We are very pleased to announce this exciting development for our ongoing clinical studies. We hope that the opening of this first international site, which is currently treating Netherton patients, will speed up overall recruitment into our studies whilst expanding the diversity of the patient population being tested. We are working hard to open additional international sites to augment the five sites that are currently open in the US. Quoin is committed to completing recruitment into our clinical studies as expeditiously as possible with a view to potentially delivering the first approved treatment to this underserved patient population.”
Quoin is conducting two ongoing clinical trials evaluating QRX003, a topical lotion, for the treatment of Netherton Syndrome. For more information about the trials, please visit: https://www.nethertonsyndromeclinicaltrials.com/.
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