New Data on Chimerix's Brincidofovir Supports Safety and Antiviral Activity Against Multiple Life-Threatening DNA Viruses in Organ Transplant Recipients

News | 07. 31. 2014

Chimerix

Three Abstracts Presented at 2014 World Transplant Congress

DURHAM, N.C., July 31, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chimerix, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMRX), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, oral antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need, presented new data on its investigational antiviral, brincidofovir (BCV, CMX001), at the 2014 World Transplant Congress (WTC) in San Francisco.

Data presented at WTC support brincidofovir's antiviral activity and safety profile in hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) and solid organ transplant recipients who were treated for viral infections including adenovirus (AdV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), BK virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and varicella zoster virus (VZV).