Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Progenics Selects Small-Molecule Hepatitis C Drug Candidate for Clinical Development
Published in AIDS Weekly, November 17th, 2008
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX) announced the selection of a proprietary small-molecule drug candidate, designated PRO 206, for clinical development as a treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Pre-clinical results supporting the development of PRO 206 were presented today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) in San Francisco. PRO 206 is an orally available viral-entry inhibitor, designed to prevent HCV from entering and infecting healthy liver cells.
PRO 206 represents an innovative treatment strategy as it specifically blocks the hepatitis C virus. HCV currently is treated with interferon in...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2008-11-17)
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