In January 2020, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A began clinical trial study of administering surfactant (CUROSURF)in neonates, that will decrease the number of days that infant needs in breathing tube on mechanical ventilator suffering from respiratory distress syndrome
In April 2020, Citus Pharmaceutical Inc announced pre-IND submission to the U.S. Food Drug Administration under Coronavirus Treatment Accelerating Program for Novacite-cells therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19
In April 2020, Apeptico Forschung und Entwicklung GmbH and OPIS srl announced that the solnatide IMP was approved for patients suffering from COVID-19 accompanied with pulmonary permeability oedema and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) by the Italian Medicines Agency and the Ethics Committee of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani