Enanta Pharma (ENTA) is discontinuing development of EDP-721

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Enanta Pharmaceuticals Announces Update to its Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Program

November 18, 2021 4:01 PM EST

Discontinuing Clinical Development of EDP-721, an Oral HBV RNA Destabilizer

Continuing to Focus on Development of EDP-514 in Combination Regimens as a Functional Cure for HBV

WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver diseases, today announced it is discontinuing development of EDP-721, an oral HBV RNA destabilizer, based on emerging safety observations in the single ascending dose part of a Phase 1 study in healthy volunteers.

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