Pharmasset, Inc.
Pharmasset, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey. Pharmasset, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel drugs to treat viral infections. Its primary focus is on the development of nucleoside/tide analogs as oral therapeutics for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; and Racivir for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The company has three product candidates under development, which include RG7128, a HCV nucleoside polymerase inhibitor that is in Phase IIb clinical trial; PSI-7851, a HCV nucleotide polymerase inhibitor that completed Phase I clinical trial; and Racivir, which completed Phase II clinical trial, for the treatment of HIV. It has strategic collaboration agreement with F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. for the development of PSI-6130 and its products, including RG7128. The company also has collaboration and licensing agreements with University of Cincinnati; Apath, LLC; Emory University; Bukwang Pharm. Co., Ltd; University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. and Yale University; and Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals, Inc.
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Executives
Chief Exec. Officer
Mr. P. Schaefer Price
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Kurt Leutzinger