Chimerix’s Brincidofovir Has in Vitro Activity Against Ebola

Chimerix Attending World Health Organization Conference in Geneva

DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Chimerix, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMRX), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, oral antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced in vitro activity of its investigational antiviral brincidofovir (BCV) against the Ebola virus following testing at the Viral Special Pathogens Branch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additional assessments of BCV in animal model studies are being conducted through the CDC and NIH.
The company will be attending the World Health Organization’s (WHO) two-day conference on September 4-5, 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the second conference to discuss potential therapies and vaccines that may be appropriate for further study in the current Ebola virus outbreak in Western Africa. On August 11, 2014, WHO convened scientific and medical experts and ethicists from the affected countries to consider the potential use of unapproved therapies and vaccines. As no medicines have received regulatory approval for Ebola virus infection, important topics include clinical trial design, ethics, regulatory approaches and data collection. The conference attendees will be considering available data on investigational agents; for brincidofovir, important considerations include the large safety database of over 1000 patients, the ongoing Phase 3 trials in cytomegalovirus and adenovirus, potential risks and benefits, and the immediate availability of tablets which are stable at room temperature and do not require cold storage.
About Chimerix
Chimerix is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing novel, oral antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need. Chimerix’s proprietary technology has given rise to brincidofovir (BCV, CMX001), a clinical-stage nucleotide analog lipid-conjugate, which has demonstrated potent antiviral activity and safety in convenient, orally administered dosing regimens. Chimerix is currently enrolling SUPPRESS, the Phase 3 study of brincidofovir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. In addition, Chimerix is enrolling the pilot portion of the Phase 3 AdVise study of brincidofovir for treatment of adenovirus infection. Chimerix is also working with BARDA to develop brincidofovir as a medical countermeasure against smallpox. For further information, please visit Chimerix’s website, www.chimerix.com.
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Joseph T. Schepers
Executive Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
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919-287-412