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Triple regimen is a potential six-week treatment

Updated interim results from the Phase IIa dose ranging study ALS-022335, simeprevir and odalasvir for the treatment of genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV), were announced at the European Association for the Study of the Liver conference in September 2016. The study showed a sustained virologic response at 12 weeks post treatment (SVR12) or longer of 100% for all patients (n=60) who received three drugs. Moreover, one cohort (n=20) showed 100% SVR12 following only six weeks of treatment.
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Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Achillion Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company. The company is engaged in the discovery and development of small molecule drug therapies for immune system disorders. The company is advancing orally administered small molecules from its platform that target complement factor D, an essential protein of the alternative pathway. The alternative pathway plays a role in a number of disease conditions, including therapeutic areas of nephrology, hematology, ophthalmology and neurology. Initially Co. is targeting C3 glomerulopathy, and immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, two related rare diseases affecting the kidney, and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, a blood disorder.

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Edison Investment Research
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Maxim Jacobs

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