Punjab, April 10 -- SHANGHAI, April 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Shanghai Ark Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("ArkBio") today announced that the first cohort of healthy volunteers has been dosed in a phase I clinical trial of AK0406, a novel long-acting antiviral drug-Fc conjugate (ADFC) drug for influenza infection, following approval by the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) in Australia. This milestone marks the first-in-human (FIH) evaluation of AK0406 and an important step in the global clinical development of ArkBio's influenza pipeline. AK0406 is a next-generation, long-acting ADFC candidate discovered and developed by ArkBio. By conjugating a potent small-molecule antiviral to the antibody Fc domain, AK0406 is designed to combine the di...