ZymoGenetics, Inc. (ZGEN) Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Hepatitis C Investigational Drug Treatment
ZymoGenetics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutic proteins for the treatment of human diseases such as hepatitis C, metastatic melanoma, psoriasis, diabetes, atopic dermatitis and more. The company has secured collaboration agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY), Bayer Schering Pharma AG and Merck Serono S.A. The company recently announced it has commenced the second part of a phase 2 clinical trial in collaboration with Bristol-Myers for investigational drug PEG-Interferon lambda (IL-29) and ribavirin in treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. In a phase 1b clinical trial, PEG-Interferon was administered in…