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Adverse Drug Reactions
Antipodean Pharmaceuticals Announces Results of Phase 2 Study of Lead Compound MitoQ(R)
May 9th, 2008
Antipodean Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced, at the European Meeting for the Study of the Liver (EASL), the positive results of a Phase 2 trial of its lead compound MitoQ(R) (mitoquinone) in liver disease. The trial, conducted by Dr. Edward Gane, Associate Professor of Medicine, New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit at Auckland City Hospital, successfully met the primary clinical endpoint, the reduction of elevated liver enzymes. In the 28-day trial, 30 patients with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) were enrolled to study the effects of MitoQ on elevated liver enzymes. Researchers measured patients' baseline levels of aminotransferase (ALT), an enzyme released into the blood that...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-05-09)
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