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Wednesday, September 2, 2020

J&J bails on flu candidate pimodivir

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) unit The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies announces that it will terminate development of antiviral pimodivir for hospitalized influenza A patients.

Its decision was prompted by preliminary data from a Phase 3 clinical trial that showed pimodivir, combined with standard-of-care treatment, was unlikely to show an incremental benefit.

The study and a parallel Phase 3 in outpatients with influenza A will be stopped.

Janssen in-licensed exclusive rights to the drug for influenza A from Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) in 2014.


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