On Jul. 27, 2020, Immunic announced enrollment of the first patients in an investigator-sponsored phase 2 clinical trial of the company’s selective oral DHODH inhibitor, IMU-838, for the treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The IONIC trial is a prospective, randomized, parallel-group, open-label phase 2b study, designed to evaluate efficacy and safety of IMU-838 in combination with the neuraminidase inhibitor, Oseltamivir (Tamiflu), in approximately 120 adult patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19.