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Idenix, Janssen in HCV Pact

Non-exclusive deal for oral antiviral combos

By: Gil Roth

President, Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association

Idenix Pharmaceuticals and J&J unit Janssen Pharmaceuticals have formed a non-exclusive collaboration for the clinical development of all-oral direct-acting antiviral (DAA) HCV combination therapies. The collaboration will evaluate combinations including IDX719, Idenix’s once-daily pan-genotypic NS5A inhibitor, simeprevir (TMC435), a once-daily protease inhibitor jointly developed by Janssen and Medivir AB, and TMC647055, a once-daily non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor, boosted with l...

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