WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ: ENTA), a research and development-focused biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver diseases, today announced that Timothy D. Ocain, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, New Product Strategy and Development, will present at the 2nd Annual H.C. Wainwright NASH Investor Conference on March 19 at 4:20 p.m. ET in New York City. The presentation will focus on Enanta’s FXR agonist compound EDP-305, currently in clinical studies for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).
A live webcast of the presentation will be accessible by visiting the “Events and Presentations” section on the “Investors” page of Enanta’s website at www.enanta.com. A replay of the webcast will be available following the presentation and will be archived for approximately 30 days.
About Enanta
Enanta Pharmaceuticals has used its robust,
chemistry-driven approach and drug discovery capabilities to become a
leader in the discovery of small molecule drugs for the treatment of
viral infections and liver diseases. Two protease inhibitors,
glecaprevir and paritaprevir, discovered and developed through Enanta’s
collaboration with AbbVie, have now been approved in jurisdictions
around the world as part of AbbVie’s direct-acting antiviral (DAA)
regimens for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection,
including the regimens marketed as MAVYRET™ (U.S.) and MAVIRET™
(ex-U.S.) (glecaprevir/pibrentasvir) and VIEKIRA PAK®
(paritaprevir/ritonavir/ombitasvir/dasabuvir) (U.S.) and VIEKIRAX®
(paritaprevir/ritonavir/ombitasvir) (ex-U.S.).
Royalties from the AbbVie collaboration are helping to fund Enanta’s research and development efforts, which are currently focused on the following disease targets: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV). Please visit www.enanta.com for more information.
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