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Maxim Positive on ContraVir Pharma (CTRV) Following CMX157 Phase 2a Update

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Maxim Keeps ContraVir Pharma (CTRV) at 'Buy' as CMX157 Progresses into Phase 2a for HBV

October 17, 2016 8:53 AM EDT

Maxim affirms ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTRV) with a Buy rating and $4 price target after the company announced that following a positive recommendation from an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), the company has begun enrolling the next dosing group in its head-to-head Phase 2a... More

ContraVir Pharma (CTRV) Begins Enrollment in CMX157 Phase 2a Dose-Escalation Study

October 17, 2016 6:37 AM EDT

ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTRV) announced that following a positive recommendation from an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), the company has begun enrolling the next dosing group in its head-to-head Phase 2a dose-escalation study comparing the safety and efficacy of ContraVir's CMX157 to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF, marketed by Gilead Sciences as Viread®) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (HBV). ContraVir expects to complete the remaining two escalation cohorts and report top-line results by year-end 2016.

The DSMB conducted an independent review of the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic profile of CMX157 from... More