60 degrees pharma announces irb approval of clinical study of tafenoquine for treatment of babesiosis in immunocompromised patients with persistent babesia microti despite prior treatment

Washington, july 09, 2024 (globe newswire) -- 60 degrees pharmaceuticals, inc. (nasdaq: sxtp; sxtpw) (“60 degrees pharmaceuticals” or the “company”), a pharmaceutical company focused on developing new medicines for infectious diseases, today announced ethics approval of an open label, expanded access study of the arakoda® regimen of tafenoquine in combination with standard of care regimens in immunosuppressed patients with persistent/relapsing babesiosis. the goal of the study is to confirm the findings of an 80 percent babesiosis cure rate in humans observed in a similar population in an earlier case series of tafenoquine completed by yale school of public health (ysph) in april 2024 and published in the journal, clinical infectious diseases.
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