Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. has released preclinical pharmacokinetics (PK) data for EDP-514, a potent and selective class II core assembly modulator in phase I development for the oral treatment of hepatitis B.
As a consequence of chronic liver disease progression, severe cirrhosis, decompensation and fibrosis culminates in end-stage liver disease (ESLD). There are no treatment options approved for ESLD, but, among others, regenerative therapies with autologous, nonengineered, pro-regenerative macrophages have shown good tolerability and improved transplant-free survival in the clinical setting.
