PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (NYSE Amex:HEB) (the "Company" or "Hemispherx") announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted a clinical hold on its Phase II, double-blind, adaptive-design, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging study of Alferon® LDO [oral interferon alfa-n3 (human leukocyte derived)] for the prevention and treatment of influenza. The FDA noted that they had completed the review of a submission dated November 12, 2010 which provided a Complete Response to the Agency's reasons for continuing this study on clinical hold. In previous 10-K and the recent 10-Qs, Hemispherx provided background information on the clinical hold items.
