WEST HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE MKT:NNVC) (the "Company") announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has awarded orphan drug designation to DengueCide™, the Company’s drug candidate for the treatment of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever. Dengue Fever is a mosquito-borne disease that, according to the WHO, affects approximately 400 million people per year. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, a subset of the disease that can occur after reinfection with another strain of the same virus, has a case fatality rate of up to 20%.
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