SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MBRX - News) announced today that due to the recent firestorms in the San Diego area which resulted in the closure of the Company for part of last week and evacuation of several of the Company’s key personnel and Board members, it would be rescheduling the reporting of its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2007 from Thursday, November 1st to Monday, November 5, 2007, after the close of market.