Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Provides Update on Hepatitis C Clinical Development Programs

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 19, 2012 (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 data from a phase I clinical trial of IDX719, an NS5A inhibitor for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, demonstrating potent pan-genotypic antiviral activity with single doses.