Article: Idenix lowers NM283 dosage after AE reports.(Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc.)(adverse events )(Brief article)

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, a US biopharmaceutical company focused on viral and other infectious diseases, has modified its ongoing Phase IIb hepatitis C trials of its drug candidate valopicitabine (NM283) due to side effects.

Dosing levels for the investigational antiviral, which is being co-developed by Swiss drug major Novartis, have been reduced from 800mg/day to 200mg/day or 400mg/day as a result of dose-related gastrointestinal adverse events observed in both treatment-naive and treatment-refractory patients on 800mg regimens. The firm noted that its changes have been discussed and agreed with the US Food and Drug Administration.

Idenix stressed that ...

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