Achillion Reports HCV Pipeline Progress and Outlines 2014 HCV Milestones

Achillion Pharmaceuticals

today reported progress on the Company's portfolio of proprietary compounds for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) and outlined its 2014 milestones. "We believe that we have the broad portfolio of HCV compounds necessary to succeed in achieving our primary goal of developing commercially competitive short duration therapies for the treatment of HCV that are once-daily and ribavirin-free. With the emerging safety and in vitro data on ACH-3422, a uridine nucleotide inhibitor of NS5B polymerase, and the 12-week clinical activity reported with ACH-3102, our Phase 2, pan-genotypic, second-generation NS5A inhibitor, we believe that our HCV compounds are well-positioned to achieve positive results in the clinical studies we plan to initiate throughout 2014," commented Dr. Milind Deshpande, President and Chief Executive Officer of Achillion. "With our 2013 year-end cash balance projected to exceed $150 million, we believe we have sufficient capital to fund our operations into 2016 and achieve a number of value-creating milestones throughout this year with our HCV assets."