Conference Call & Webcast to discuss new data being presented at EASL ILC 2022 scheduled for June 27, 2022 at 8:00 am ET
WARMINSTER, Pa., June 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Nasdaq: ABUS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging its extensive virology expertise to develop novel therapeutics that target specific viral diseases, today announced that seven abstracts have been accepted for poster presentations at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) International Liver Congress™ 2022 (ILC 2022) taking place June 22 - 26, 2022 in London, UK. The posters will be presented in the Viral hepatitis B/D therapy session on Saturday, June 25, 2022 between 9:00 am – 6:00 pm BST (4:00 am – 1:00 pm ET), and will include updated data where available.
Arbutus will hold a conference call at 8:00 am ET on Monday, June 27, 2022, to discuss the new data being presented at EASL ILC.
The accepted abstracts for poster presentations are as follows:
Abstract Number: 3393Title: Continued suppression of viral markers observed following discontinuation of nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy in chronic hepatitis B subjects with low hepatitis B surface antigen levels after 48 weeks of treatment with AB-729Presenter: Prof. Man-Fung YuenKey Findings: Patients participating in trial AB-729-001 who received 60mg or 90mg of AB-729 every 4, 8 or 12 weeks for 48 weeks were assessed for eligibility to stop NA therapy at least 24 weeks after their last dose of AB-729. The abstract reports data on 5 of the 7 patients that consented to stop all therapy. All 5 patients completed between 4 and 16 weeks of follow-up off NA therapy, and no patients met clinical or viral relapse criteria. The data showed that discontinuation of NA therapy after AB-729-induced suppression of HBsAg to