PaxMedica Responds to Emergency Request for IV Suramin and Commits to Provide Immediate Access to PAX-101
The request seeks emergency access to the Company’s recently completed registration batches of PAX-101 (IV suramin) to address the critical shortage of medications required to combat the life-threatening sleeping sickness, also known as Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Human African trypanosomiasis (TBr HAT), crisis in the region.
- The request seeks emergency access to the Company’s recently completed registration batches of PAX-101 (IV suramin) to address the critical shortage of medications required to combat the life-threatening sleeping sickness, also known as Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Human African trypanosomiasis (TBr HAT), crisis in the region.
- Howard Weisman, Chairman and CEO of PaxMedica, emphasized the Company's dedication to providing immediate assistance in light of the urgent situation, stating: "The emergency request from the Ministry of Health of Malawi underscores the critical need for IV suramin to combat the continued devastating impact of sleeping sickness in the region.
- PaxMedica has worked diligently for many years to ensure access to this life-saving medication for those in need and today’s response to an urgent crisis strongly demonstrates our commitment to this mission."
- The decision comes in the wake of PaxMedica's recent completion of three pivotal registration/validation batches of PAX-101 ( PaxMedica - A Promising Path in Autism ), as part of its ongoing development program.