Bristol Halts HCV Trial Of Inhibitex Nuc Due To Possible Cardiac Toxicity
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Bristol had paid $2.5 billion to buy Inhibitex and its Phase II nucleoside polymerase inhibitor in hopes of keeping pace with Gilead in the race to develop the first all-oral combination of direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C.
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