REPLICor Inc., a privately owned biopharmaceutical company, is developing a broad spectrum antiviral drug called REP 9 which has the broadest spectrum of activity in vitro ever reported for a single chemical entity.
It has in vitro efficacy against 12 different families of viruses out of 18 families affecting humans. It has proven efficacy against many viruses in billion dollar markets including HIV, hepatitis B and herpes viruses. REP 9 has been shown to be well tolerated and to have significant efficacy in vivo in animal models of 6 different viral infections suggesting that it will probably have significant efficacy in humans as well.
REPLICor will be presenting 3 papers regarding the activity of its broad spectrum antiviral drug at the 18th International Conference on Antiviral Research in Barcelona, Spain, April 10-14, 2005. Each presentation will be focused on the in vitro and in vivo results demonstrating the efficacy of REP 9 within a specific viral family. The 3 papers will describe the efficacy of REP 9 when used against 1- the herpes viruses, 2- influenza and 3- hemorrhagic viruses including Ebola, Marburg and Lassa fever.
"These presentations provide an important opportunity for REPLICor to introduce REP 9 to the international scientific community directly involved with antiviral research. This could result in the establishment of important collaborations for the future development of our drug," said Andrew Vaillant, Ph.D., chief scientific officer.