Sarepta Therapeutics Announces Favorable Safety Results From Phase I Clinical Study Of Influenza Drug Candidate

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRPT), a developer of innovative RNA-based therapeutics, today announced favorable safety results from the single ascending dose portion of a Phase I study of AVI-7100, the company’s lead candidate for the treatment of influenza virus, in healthy volunteers. The clinical trial is being conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through a collaboration between the company and the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. AVI-7100 uses Sarepta’s advanced and proprietary PMOplus™ chemistry, which is also the basis of the company’s clinical-stage Ebola and Marburg drug candidates.

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