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Melbourne company creates nasal spray for coronavirus

Yolanda Redrup

Melbourne-based biotech company Firebrick Pharma has developed a "disinfectant for your nose" that could be capable of reducing the amount of detectable coronavirus by almost 100 per cent.

In a report seen by The Australian Financial Review, laboratory tests in a test tube showed its nasal spray, Nasodine, reduced the amount of detectable coronavirus by 99.97 per cent and eliminated the infectious properties of any remaining virus.

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Yolanda Redrup is the editor of the AFR Rich List. She previously reported on technology, healthcare and Street Talk. Connect with Yolanda on Twitter. Email Yolanda at yolanda.redrup@afr.com

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