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Friday, June 25, 2021

Vir Biotech's Hep B Candidates Show Positive Safety Profiles

 

  • Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ: VIR) has announced new data from its ongoing Phase 2 trials of VIR-2218 and Phase 1 studies of VIR-3434 in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

  • The results were presented at the European Association for the Study of the Liver International Liver Congress 2021.

  • Data demonstrated an encouraging safety profile and the potential durable response of VIR-2218, an investigational small interfering ribonucleic acid, through 48 weeks.

  • In a separate analysis evaluating VIR-2218 in combination with pegylated interferon alfa for 12 weeks, a more rapid and substantial HBsAg decline was observed in the co-administration cohort compared to VIR-2218 alone.

  • The treatment regimen resulted in no new safety signals.

  • Additionally, two new analyses from the Phase 1 trial of VIR-3434 showed no safety signals in healthy volunteers dosed with up to 3,000 mg.

  • The company plans to start a VIR-3434 - VIR-2218 combination trial in the second half of 2021.

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