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Exhibit 99.2
For Immediate Release
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Announces New Data Presented on Protease Inhibitor ABT-493 at the 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
WATERTOWN, Mass., March 4, 2014 Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ: ENTA) a research and development-focused biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs in the infectious disease field, today announced that new in vitro data on ABT-493, a potent NS3/4 protease inhibitor, was presented today during a poster session at the 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston.
ABT-493 is a next-generation HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitor identified within the Enanta-AbbVie collaboration. Designed to enable once-daily dosing without ritonavir, ABT-493 is expected to be co-formulated with AbbVies next-generation NS5A inhibitor, ABT-530.
Data from poster number 636 titled ABT-493, a Potent HCV NS3/4 Protease Inhibitor with Broad Genotypic Coverage, demonstrates that ABT-493 has a substantially improved in vitro profile compared to earlier generation HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors and displays potent and broad genotypic activity in genotypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 3a, 4a and 6a, against which many other HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors have significantly lower potency. In vitro ABT-493 retains potency against most of the clinically important resistance-associated variants in genotype 1 and is fully active against variants resistant to NS5A or NS5B inhibitors. It demonstrates additive to synergistic antiviral activity in vitro when combined with next-generation NS5A inhibitor ABT-530.
About Enanta
Enanta Pharmaceuticals is a research and development-focused biotechnology company that uses its robust chemistry-driven approach and drug discovery capabilities to create small molecule drugs in the infectious disease field. Enanta is discovering, and in some cases developing, novel inhibitors designed for use against the hepatitis C virus (HCV). These inhibitors include members of the direct acting antiviral (DAA) inhibitor classes protease (partnered with AbbVie), NS5A (partnered with Novartis) and nucleotide polymerase as well as a host-targeted antiviral (HTA) inhibitor class targeted against cyclophilin. Additionally, Enanta has created a new class of antibiotics, called Bicyclolides, for the treatment of multi-drug resistant bacteria, with a focus on developing an intravenous and oral treatment for hospital and community MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections.
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Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including with respect to our expectation regarding how ABT-493 will be co-formulated with ABT-530 and the prospects for ABT-493s activity against multiple genotypes of HCV. Statements that are not historical facts are based on our managements current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate and our managements beliefs and assumptions. The statements contained in this release are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in such forward-looking statements. Important factors that may affect actual results include results of further preclinical and clinical studies of ABT-493-containing regimens, the development, regulatory and marketing efforts of AbbVie (our collaborator on ABT-493 and on our collaborations initial protease inhibitor, ABT-450), and clinical development and marketing efforts of others for competitive product candidates. Enanta cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this release. These statements speak only as of the date of this release, and Enanta undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, except as may be required by law.
Investor Contact
Carol Miceli
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
617-607-0710
cmiceli@enanta.com
Media Contact
Kari Watson
MacDougall Biomedical Communications
781-235-3060
kwatson@macbiocom.com
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