RedHill Biopharma Ltd. announced that novel, twice daily, oral opaganib1, delivered a statistically significant increase in survival time when given at 150 mg/kg twice a day (BID) in a United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in vivo Ebola virus study, making it the first host-directed molecule to show activity in Ebola virus disease. The U.S. Army study tested three doses of opaganib (50, 100 and 150 mg/kg BID), against an inactive vehicle control arm. The in vivo study results showed a statistically significant survival increase in mean (SE) survival time of 11.2 (2.6) days in the 150 mg/kg opaganib group (p=0.0279) compared to a mean (SE) survival time of 5.5 (0.4) days in the inactive vehicle control group.

A 30% mice survival was observed in the 150 mg/kg treated group compared to the vehicle control.