Vir stock soars on blinded, 8-subject hepatitis B analysis
Shares in Vir Biotechnology rose 74% on the strength of data from a blinded, eight-subject cohort in its phase 1 hepatitis B trial. The analysis suggests the neutralizing monoclonal antibody may be more potent than expected and provides a boost to Vir’s prospects of delivering a functional cure. Investigators enrolled eight patients with chronic hepatitis B virus […]