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TAIPEI, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden Biotechnology Corp.(TPEx:4132)("GoldenBiotech"), a leading Taiwanese biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has made two achievements for its Covid-19 new drug candidate Antroquinonol
® (HOCENA
®): receiving positive response after DMC review in Phase 2 clinical trial and signed first agreement in global licensing progress. GoldenBiotech receives in Jan. the "Positive Response" from DMC, an US FDA approved independent Data Monitoring Committee for its Phase 2 Covid-19 trial in the USA. The clinical trial data of the first set of patients in the Phase 2 trial were unblinded and reviewed by the DMC on the request of FDA. The review approved by the DMC as the "positive response" to the clinical trial with no need of modification on the trial and can proceed the following recruitment of the patients for the treatment of mild to moderate hospitalized Covid-19 patients. According to the FDA's guidance, the DMC advises the sponsor regarding the continuing safety of trial subjects and those yet to be recruited to the trial, as well as the continuing validity and scientific merit of the trial.