Arbutus Biopharma Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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On June 6, 2024, Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (“Arbutus” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing new preliminary end-of-treatment (EOT) data from the Phase 2a clinical trial (IM-PROVE II, AB-729-202) in patients receiving ongoing standard-of-care nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) therapy indicating that treatment with imdusiran, Arbutus’ RNAi therapeutic, followed by Barinthus Biotherapeutic's T-cell stimulating immunotherapeutic, VTP-300, was generally safe, well-tolerated and led to maintenance of lower HBsAg levels during the post-treatment follow-up period in patients with cHBV. The data were presented today by Dr. Kosh Agarwal, MD, Consultant Hepatologist and Transplant Physician at the Institute of Liver Studies at King’s College Hospital, London, during a session focused on new treatments for viral hepatitis B at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
On June 6, 2024, the Company posted an updated corporate presentation on its website at www.arbutusbio.com. A copy of the presentation is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference herein.
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99.1 | Press Release dated June 6, 2024 | |||
99.2 | Presentation dated June 6, 2024 | |||
104 | Cover page interactive data file (formatted as inline XBRL). |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Arbutus Biopharma Corporation | ||
Date: June 6, 2024 | By: | /s/ David C. Hastings |
David C. Hastings | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||