VANCOUVER, B.C. and DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Nov. 03, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Nasdaq:ABUS), an industry-leading Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) therapeutic solutions company, today announced its third quarter 2016 unaudited financial results and provided a corporate update.
“This was an important quarter as we reported interim results from our ARB-1467 Phase II trial demonstrating significant HBsAg reduction in chronically infected HBV patients. These promising multi-dose data are the first of their kind for an RNAi HBV product candidate, and we plan to release additional data from this trial by year-end,” said Dr. Mark J. Murray, Arbutus’ President and CEO. “We are focused on our strategy of developing a combination therapy, which is supported by our cash runway and potential opportunities to monetize our proprietary lipid nanoparticle (LNP) platform delivery technology.”
“This was an important quarter as we reported interim results from our ARB-1467 Phase II trial demonstrating significant HBsAg reduction in chronically infected HBV patients. These promising multi-dose data are the first of their kind for an RNAi HBV product candidate, and we plan to release additional data from this trial by year-end,” said Dr. Mark J. Murray, Arbutus’ President and CEO. “We are focused on our strategy of developing a combination therapy, which is supported by our cash runway and potential opportunities to monetize our proprietary lipid nanoparticle (LNP) platform delivery technology.”