PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced today that 20 abstracts on the Company’s research in liver disease have been accepted for presentation at The International Liver CongressTM 2012, the 47th annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), in Barcelona, April 18 – 22. Bristol-Myers Squibb is studying a portfolio of compounds that has the potential to address unmet medical needs for patients with liver disease, including the investigational compounds daclatasvir, asunaprevir, Lambda, BMS-791325, and BMS-986094 (INX-189) for hepatitis C (HCV); brivanib for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); and BARACLUDE® (entecavir). BARACLUDE is currently indicated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in adults with evidence of active viral replication and either evidence of persistent elevations in aminotransferases (ALT or AST), or histologically active disease.
