Ninety-Six Week Data on Tibotec Investigational NNRTI, TMC278, Presented at... (wo nucleosidereverse transcriptase inhib...)

Ninety-Six Week Data on Tibotec Investigational NNRTI, TMC278, Presented at AIDS 2008

Date:8/5/2008

wo nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), zidovudine + lamivudine (AZT/3TC) or tenofovir + emtricitabine (TDF/FTC).

Safety Results

Of patients in the TMC278 combined group compared with EFV, 9 percent vs. 21 percent experienced rash, 31 percent vs. 48 percent experienced nervous system adverse events and 16 percent vs. 21 percent experienced psychiatric events.

Overall, patients in the TMC278 combined group (all doses) vs. the EFV group experienced similar incidences and types of serious adverse events (SAEs) (12 percent vs. 15 percent), grade 3 or 4 adverse events (AEs), (27 percent vs. 21 percent) and grade 3 or 4 laboratory abnormalities (26 percent vs. 24 percent).

TMC278 is the third anti-HIV compound to be developed by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, which is also developing investigational compounds for the treatment of hepatitis C and tuberculosis.

About Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd., based in Cork, Ireland, is a pharmaceutical research and development company. The Company's main research and development facilities are in Mechelen, Belgium with offices in Yardley, PA. Tibotec is dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative HIV/AIDS drugs and anti-infectives for diseases of high unmet medical need.

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