Cameron Durrant, Humanigen CEO (Columbia University Technology Ventures via YouTube)

Hu­mani­gen crash­es as FDA shoots down its Covid-19 drug EUA

Hu­mani­gen, once led by the im­pris­oned Mar­tin Shkre­li, is find­ing it­self in a sim­i­lar­ly con­fined space.

On Thurs­day, the com­pa­ny said the FDA de­clined its re­quest for an EUA for its lead drug lenzilum­ab to treat new­ly hos­pi­tal­ized Covid-19 pa­tients, send­ing shares of the com­pa­ny’s stock $HGEN down by more than 50% pre-mar­ket.

Why ex­act­ly the FDA re­ject­ed the EUA re­mains large­ly un­known as the com­pa­ny of­fered few specifics.

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