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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2025

Discovery of VNRX-9945, a Potent, Broadly Active Capsid Assembly Modulator as a Clinical Candidate for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection.

Bin Liu, Jiangchao Yao, Thomas Haimowitz, Christopher A Benetatos, Steven A Boyd, Stephen M Condon, Christopher J Burns, Andre White, Damodharan Lakshminarasimhan, Robert K Suto and 5 more

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Bin LiuVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2538-312X
Jiangchao YaoVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Thomas HaimowitzVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Christopher A BenetatosVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Steven A BoydVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Stephen M CondonVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Christopher J BurnsVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Andre WhiteXtal Biostructures, Inc., 12 Michigan Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760, United States.
Damodharan LakshminarasimhanXtal Biostructures, Inc., 12 Michigan Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760, United States.
Robert K SutoXtal Biostructures, Inc., 12 Michigan Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760, United States.
Ozgur CakiciXtal Biostructures, Inc., 12 Michigan Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760, United States.
Anthony S DragerVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Susan G Emeigh HartVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Daniel C PevearVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.
Glen A CoburnVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeting the capsid protein of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) has emerged as a promising strategy for developing new antiviral therapies. In this study, we report the discovery of a novel series of pyrrole oxo-carboxamide compounds as HBV capsid assembly modulators (CAMs) that block viral replication. Through a process of focused structure-activity relationship (SAR) optimization, we identified compound

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Antiviral activityCapsidCapsid assembly modulatorsClinical candidateHBVIn vivo efficacy

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PMID40666476
PMCPMC12257411

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