Benzinga | Mar 18, 2021 07:10AM EDT

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Doses First Participants In TCOM Study

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:DFFN) ("Diffusion" or the "Company"), an innovative biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies that enhance the body's ability to deliver oxygen to areas where it is needed most, today announced that it has dosed the first participants in the Company's Phase 1 trial of its novel, oxygen enhancing therapeutic, trans sodium crocetinate ("TSC"), utilizing a transcutaneous oxygen monitoring (TCOM) device to evaluate the effects of TSC on peripheral tissue oxygenation.