WATERTOWN, MA, USA I March 4, 2014 I Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ENTA) a research and development-focused biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs in the infectious disease field, today announced that new in vitro data on ABT-493, a potent NS3/4 protease inhibitor, was presented today during a poster session at the 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston.
ABT-493 is a next-generation HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitor identified within the Enanta-AbbVie collaboration. Designed to enable once-daily dosing without ritonavir, ABT-493 is expected to be co-formulated with AbbVie’s next-generation NS5A inhibitor, ABT-530.
Data from poster number 636 titled “ABT-493, a Potent HCV NS3/4 Protease Inhibitor with Broad Genotypic Coverage”, demonstrates that ABT-493 has a substantially improved in vitro profile compared to earlier generation HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors and displays potent and broad genotypic activity in genotypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 3a, 4a and 6a, against which many other HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors have significantly lower potency. In vitro ABT-493 retains potency against most of the clinically important resistance-associated variants in genotype 1 and is fully active against variants resistant to NS5A or NS5B inhibitors. It demonstrates additive to synergistic antiviral activity in vitro whencombined with next-generation NS5A inhibitor ABT-530.
About Enanta
Enanta Pharmaceuticals is a research and development-focused biotechnology company that uses its robust chemistry-driven approach and drug discovery capabilities to create small molecule drugs in the infectious disease field. Enanta is discovering, and in some cases developing, novel inhibitors designed for use against the hepatitis C virus (HCV). These inhibitors include members of the direct acting antiviral (DAA) inhibitor classes – protease (partnered with AbbVie), NS5A (partnered with Novartis) and nucleotide polymerase – as well as a host-targeted antiviral (HTA) inhibitor class targeted against cyclophilin. Additionally, Enanta has created a new class of antibiotics, called Bicyclolides, for the treatment of multi-drug resistant bacteria, with a focus on developing an intravenous and oral treatment for hospital and community MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections.
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WATERTOWN, MA, USA I March 4, 2014 I Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ENTA) a research and development-focused biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs in the infectious disease field, today announced that new in vitro data on ABT-493, a potent NS3/4 protease inhibitor, was presented today during a poster session at the 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston.
ABT-493 is a next-generation HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitor identified within the Enanta-AbbVie collaboration. Designed to enable once-daily dosing without ritonavir, ABT-493 is expected to be co-formulated with AbbVie’s next-generation NS5A inhibitor, ABT-530.
Data from poster number 636 titled “ABT-493, a Potent HCV NS3/4 Protease Inhibitor with Broad Genotypic Coverage”, demonstrates that ABT-493 has a substantially improved in vitro profile compared to earlier generation HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors and displays potent and broad genotypic activity in genotypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 3a, 4a and 6a, against which many other HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors have significantly lower potency. In vitro ABT-493 retains potency against most of the clinically important resistance-associated variants in genotype 1 and is fully active against variants resistant to NS5A or NS5B inhibitors. It demonstrates additive to synergistic antiviral activity in vitro whencombined with next-generation NS5A inhibitor ABT-530.
About Enanta
Enanta Pharmaceuticals is a research and development-focused biotechnology company that uses its robust chemistry-driven approach and drug discovery capabilities to create small molecule drugs in the infectious disease field. Enanta is discovering, and in some cases developing, novel inhibitors designed for use against the hepatitis C virus (HCV). These inhibitors include members of the direct acting antiviral (DAA) inhibitor classes – protease (partnered with AbbVie), NS5A (partnered with Novartis) and nucleotide polymerase – as well as a host-targeted antiviral (HTA) inhibitor class targeted against cyclophilin. Additionally, Enanta has created a new class of antibiotics, called Bicyclolides, for the treatment of multi-drug resistant bacteria, with a focus on developing an intravenous and oral treatment for hospital and community MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections.
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