ReadMeFirst - Idenix Pharmaceuticals - Updated 17 Jun 07
Thoughts for the days ahead... NM283… “There is no pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic drug-drug interaction between valopicitabine and ribavirin.”
“The triple combination showed consistently higher rates of HCV PCR-negativity, defined as serum HCV RNA levels below 20 copies/mL, compared to the standard of care at every point analyzed in this study.”#msg-20403332
Increasing Competition… “Speed matters, and the NM283 program just lost whatever timing lead it had relative to VRTX and VPHM.”#msg-20401415
HCV #msg-16968683 HCV Treatment Evolution 1989-2015 #msg-12244651 Dr Pockros on NM283 and other HCV drugs #msg-17651422 Vertex vs. Schering-Plough: Hepatitis C Protease Inhibitors (3/5/07) #msg-19006776 Update on Roche’s R1626 #msg-20403332 NM283 + Riba + Peg (P2b interaction study results) <<< update #msg-20394944 Notes on Interaction Study CC (6/12/07) <<< update #msg-20217524 How Big Pharma Lines up in HCV<<< update
Existing and potential competition #msg-13214528 HCV Therapies in Development (Nature Reviews/Drug Development) #msg-17414955 HBV pipeline link – Companies & drugs #msg-16293618 HCV pipeline links – Companies & drugs #msg-18372016 HGS and Novartis are developing Albuferon (4/07) #msg-18996293 Intermune Presents Research on ITMN-191 (4/07) #msg-18776368#msg-18849361 VX-950 Results Presented at EASL from PROVE 1 Clinical Trial appears to be the HCV leader (4/07) #msg-20079564 VRUS <<< update