Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally available antiviral therapeutics, announced today that the Company has completed a single and multi-dose Phase I study of CMX001 in healthy volunteers. This study supports the further development of the drug for multiple dsDNA infections. The Company has initiated the first Phase II multi-dose clinical trial in patients."The safety and high oral availability demonstrated by CMX001 in the Phase I trial has exceeded our original expectations," said Dr. George Painter, Chimerix President and CEO. "We believe that CMX001 has potential for prevention and treatment of many serious and potentially fatal infections such as smallpox, cytomegalovirus, BK virus and adenovirus."
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