Arbutus to Discontinue its P-Ia/Ib Clinical Study of AB-506 to Treat Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B
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- Arbutus discontinues its P-Ia/Ib study of AB-506 due to disappointing clinical findings i.e, observation of two cases of acute hepatitis in P-Ia clinical study assessing Ab-506 in healthy volunteers for 28days
- Following the results of P-Ia/Ib study, Abratus drop its plan to initiate combination study of AB-506 and AB-729 in H2’20 and will present the results of P-Ia/Ib study in details regarding the two cases of acute hepatitis
- AB-506 is an oral HBV capsid inhibitor, being evaluated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B while AB-729 is an RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic targeted to hepatocytes utilizing Arbutus’ novel GalNAc delivery technology enabling SC administration with expected monthly dosing
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