Enzychem Lifesciences announced that it has been selected to collaborate with the Chemical Countermeasures Research Program (CCRP) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) under the Department of Health and Human Services, and Battelle to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of EC-18 as a medical countermeasure (MCM) for inhalation Sulfur Mustard exposure. Sulfur Mustard (SM) is a powerful bi-functional vesicating, alkylating chemical warfare agent, known to cause injury to the respiratory tract, eyes, skin, and multiple organs. Primarily affecting the lung, SM poisoning can result in pulmonary injuries leading to acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, bronchiolitis obliterans, fibrosis, and subsequent associated infections. Enzychem's lead compound, EC-18, is an immunomodulator that rapidly resolves inflammation and restores immune homeostasis by accelerating the intracellular trafficking of pattern recognition receptor-bound pathogenic invaders or endogenous danger signals. Due to its unique mechanism of action, EC-18 may be a potent candidate to mitigate SM-induced tissue injuries by limiting excessive neutrophil recruitment and clearing foreign and danger signals rapidly.