Debiopharm initiates Phase IIb study of novel hepatitis C candidate
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Debiopharm has begun a Phase IIb study of its first-in-class non-immunosuppressive ciclosporin analogue, Debio 025, in combination with the standard-of-care regimen of pegylated interferon and ribavirin for the treatment of hepatitis C.
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