Ergomed’s PrimeVigilance Announces Provision of Clinical Safety Services for COVID-19 Clinical Trial Program

Guildford, UK – 30 March 2020: Ergomed plc (LSE: ERGO) ('Ergomed' or the 'Company'), a company focused on providing specialised services to the pharmaceutical industry, today announces that it will provide drug safety services through its specialist pharmacovigilance provider, PrimeVigilance, for an ongoing US clinical trial to assess the effect of a rheumatoid arthritis treatment on patients with severe COVID-19 infection.

Dr Miroslav Reljanović, Executive Chairman of Ergomed, said: “COVID-19 represents a severe and pressing challenge for all involved in the development of new medicines and we are proud to be expanding our involvement in the field by bringing our expertise in drug safety and pharmacovigilance to this program. The rapid initiation of clinical trials and establishment of appropriate safety monitoring will be critical to providing new treatments which may improve outcomes for patients.”