Sound Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SPI) received clearance from the FDA to begin two Phase 2 studies of ebselen (SPI-1005) in COVID-19 patients. SPI-1005 is a novel anti-inflammatory drug which was recently shown to inhibit nCoV2 activity and viral replication. The two trials will enroll 120 adults with moderate or severe disease in randomized, double-bind, placebo-controlled trials and treated for 7 or 14 days with the oral drug. Separately, SPI will be using the non-clinical and preclinical servi...