Arch Biopartners Inc. announced that the Peter Lougheed Center (PLC) in Calgary, Alberta has joined the Phase II trial of its lead drug LSALT peptide (Metablok), targeting the prevention of acute lung injury, acute kidney injury, and other complications caused by inflammation in hospitalized patients with moderate to severe cases of COVID-19. PLC is the second hospital in Calgary to participate in the trial, joining University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine at the Foothills Medical Centre that started enrolling patients last month. PLC enrolled its first patient into the study earlier this week. Patient enrollment is ongoing in the United States. Sites in Turkey continue to wait for permission from the Turkish Ministry of Health to expand enrollment there.