GSK Takes Over J&J/Arrowhead Hep B Candidate For Combo Development

Deal Snapshot: Seeking to develop a combination regimen for chronic hepatitis B, GSK acquires rights to J&J/Arrowhead’s siRNA candidate JNJ-3839 to pair with its antisense candidate bepiroversen.

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An Arrowhead-discovered HBV candidate is going from J&J to GSK • Source: Shutterstock

Who: GSK/Johnson & Johnson/Arrowhead

What: GSK is assuming the rights to a Phase II siRNA candidate for hepatitis B that Arrowhead previously licensed to...

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