SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBRX), a biopharmaceutical company that has established an existing pipeline of product candidates and advanced discovery programs targeting large markets with significant unmet needs including hyperlipidemia, diabetes and HCV, today announced that it will hold a conference call to discuss the Company’s second quarter and six month financial results ended June 30, 2009.