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Pharmaceutical-Grade Rose Bengal’s Activity Against Gram-Positive BacteriaPharmaceutical-Grade Rose Bengal’s Activity Against Gram-Positive BacteriaThe article, entitled “Antibacterial Activity of Pharmaceutical-Grade Rose Bengal: An Application of a Synthetic Dye in Antibacterial Therapies,” may be accessed at: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/1/322/htm. This work, led by Michio Kurosu, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, was conducted under a sponsored research agreement between the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee and Provectus. Dr. Kurosu and his colleagues showed that:
Dominic Rodrigues, Vice Chair of the Company’s Board of Directors said, “We are grateful to Dr. Kurosu and his team for their scientific research. These activity data and the favorable safety profile of Provectus’ pharmaceutical-grade rose bengal drug substance support the advancement of a drug formulation into the clinic as a broad-spectrum antibacterial agent. Dr. Kurosu’s work also strongly complements antipathogen research being done by other Provectus collaborators.” Mr. Rodrigues added, “Provectus’ pharmaceutical-grade rose bengal drug substance is produced by a proprietary 21st-century manufacturing process, using quality-by-design principles under good manufacturing practices at commercial scale, that consistently synthesizes the Company’s rose bengal molecule. The Provectus process avoids in the first place the formation of substance-related and other contaminants found in commercial-grade rose bengal, which is made essentially using the 19th-century Gnehm process.” About Provectus Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Provectus or the Company) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing immunotherapy medicines for different disease areas based on a class of small molecules called halogenated xanthenes that includes rose bengal sodium. Information about the Company’s clinical trials can be found at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) registry, www.clinicaltrials.gov. For additional information about Provectus, please visit the Company's website at www.provectusbio.com. |
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