NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE:NNVC) (the "Company"), a clinical stage leader developing antiviral drugs that viruses cannot escape, announces that it has received regulatory approval to begin a Phase II Clinical Trial of NV-387 Oral Gummies as a Treatment for the Current Bundibugyo Ebolavirus and other Ebola viruses, from the local regulatory agency ACOREP in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

NanoViricides has retained Om Sai Clinical Research Private Limited, India, (Om Sai CRO) as the CRO for this Phase II clinical trial for Ebola in DRC. Om Sai CRO has been instrumental in putting together a team with a renowned Principal Investigator and other renowned experts and with support from a well known University in the Ebola-affected region to lead and execute the clinical trial of NV-387 Oral Gummies as a Treatment for Ebola viruses in DRC.

The Principal Investigator (PI) sent in the application for the clinical trial to ACOREP which has now been approved. The PI, with the DRC team, has already been performing initial preparations in anticipation of the clinical trial approval, in order to speed up the date to the first dosing of patients.