Webinar recording is on the Company website
ALACHUA, Fla., Oct. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CTD Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: CTDH), a clinical stage biotechnology company that develops cyclodextrin-based products for the treatment of disease with unmet medical need, announced today that a recording of the October 16, 2018 webinar on the Company’s US clinical trial using Trappsol® Cyclo™ for Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC) is available HERE and on its website, www.ctd-holdings.com. Trappsol® Cyclo™ is CTD’s proprietary formulation of hydroxypropyl beta cyclodextrin. Niemann-Pick Disease Type C is a rare and fatal genetic disease that causes cholesterol to accumulate in every cell in the body, ultimately causing cell and organ dysfunction and death. The US-based clinical trial that was the subject of the webinar uses intravenous administration of Trappsol® Cyclo™.
Featured speakers on the webinar are:
CTD’s Chairman and CEO, N. Scott Fine;
CTD’s Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Sharon Hrynkow, PhD;
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland’s (California) Caroline Hastings, MD, also Principal Investigator for CTD’s Phase I Clinical Trial using Trappsol® Cyclo™ for NPC;
Morristown Medical Center’s (New Jersey) Darius Adams, MD, also Principal Investigator for CTD’s Phase I Clinical Trial using Trappsol® Cyclo™ for NPC;
and, CTD’s Family Liaison, Shannon Reedy.
Families wishing to have additional information on CTD’s US clinical trial are invited to contact:
Dr. Caroline Hastings at chastings@mail.cho.org or Oakland Study Coordinator Allen Hodgson, Ahodgson@mail.cho.org
Dr. Darius Adams, Darius.Adams@atlantichealth.org or Morristown Study Coordinator Christina Flora, Christina.Flora@atlantichealth.org
Or, for CTD’s Family Liaison, Shannon Reedy at Shannon.Reedy@Hotmail.com
Physicians and other healthcare professionals who would like more information about CTD’s US clinical trials, EU/Israel clinical trials, or Expanded Access programs should contact Dr. Hrynkow, at sharon.hrynkow@cyclodex.com
About CTD Holdings:
CTD Holdings, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops cyclodextrin-based products for the treatment of disease. The company’s Trappsol® Cyclo™, an orphan drug designated product in the United States and Europe, is used to treat Niemann-Pick Disease Type C, a rare and fatal genetic disease, on a compassionate use basis as well as in two ongoing formal clinical trials (Clinical Trials.gov NCT02939547 and NCT02912793). Additional indications for the active ingredient in Trappsol® Cyclo™ are in development. For additional information, visit the company’s website: www.ctd-holdings.com
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