Anadys Pharmaceuticals (ANDS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing medicines for the treatment of hepatitis C. The Company is focusing on the development of ANA598, a direct-acting antiviral (DAA) for the treatment of hepatitis C. It also focuses to resume the clinical development of ANA773, an oral, small-molecule inducer of endogenous interferons that acts via the Toll-like receptor 7, or TLR7, pathway for the treatment of hepatitis C. In January 2011, the Company initiated a Phase IIb clinical study of ANA598 in combination with SOC for the treatment of hepatitis C. In the Phase IIb study, approximately 200 chronically infected genotype 1 hepatitis C patients are to receive ANA598 200 mg bid in combination with standard of care (SOC), with a loading dose of 800 mg ANA598 bid on day one. In addition, approximately 66 chronically infected genotype 1 hepatitis C patients are to receive placebo added to SOC.