Idenix Announces Data Presentation at the 48th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDIX), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, today announced that it will present data on IDX719, the Company's pan-genotypic HCV NS5A inhibitor, at the 48th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) which is being held April 24 – 28, 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Full abstracts can now be viewed at the EASL website at www.easl.eu.
McCarville, et al, "Treatment-Emergent Variants Following 3 Days of Monotherapy with IDX719, a Potent, Pan-Genotypic NS5A Inhibitor, in Subjects Infected with HCV Genotypes 1-4", will be presented in a poster session on Saturday, April 27.
About Idenix
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases. Idenix's current focus is on the treatment of infections caused by hepatitis C virus. For further information about Idenix, please refer to www.idenix.com.
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