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GlobeImmune hopes genotyping will show where GI-5005 can improve HCV clearance

May 10, 2010 7:00 AM UTC

Although GlobeImmune Inc.'s GI-5005 Tarmogen immunotherapy failed a Phase IIb trial to treat chronic HCV infection, a new subgroup analysis based on IL-28B genotypes shows improvements in viral clearance were greatest in the genotypes associated with the poorest response to interferon-based treatment.

The company now plans to use IL-28B genotyping to stratify patients for a Phase III trial of GI-5005, and expects the process to become standard practice in HCV treatment and clinical development...