Re: Prospective partners for ACH-1625 (or IDIX's compounds)
I had initially not considered MRK due to MK-7009. However, it looks like MK-7009 is strictly being tested as a BID drug, so if MRK (and for that matter all of the big pharma companies) is interested in qD dosing then ACH-1625 and IDX320 clearly would appear to be candidates.
I realize it's quite a stretch but I wonder if even VRTX would consider licensing a follow-on 2nd gen/3rd gen PI to Telaprevir to maintain their competitive edge down the road. Presumably that's an emphatic "no" now given that such a deal would make it look like VRTX doesn't have confidence in the longer-tem commercial outlook for Telaprevir.