VANCOUVER, British Columbia and WARMINSTER, Pa., May 04, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Nasdaq:ABUS), an industry-leading Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) therapeutic solutions company, today announced its first quarter 2017 unaudited financial results and provided a corporate update.
“Arbutus continued to make significant advancements in its HBV pipeline in the first quarter of this year,” said Dr. Mark J Murray, Arbutus’ President and CEO. “As projected, three of our HBV candidates are now in clinical development. Our lead product has already generated significant reductions in serum HBsAg in Phase II, the results of which were presented at EASL last month. To further advance our pipeline, we are working hard to move additional small molecule programs into the clinic as early as next year. We believe Arbutus’ pipeline will enable new treatment regimens to achieve greater HBV cure rates than the current standard of care.”
