Posters to highlight recent advances for the company’s development-stage products for HBV and NASH

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (Aligos), a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of targeted therapies for hepatologic diseases and viral infections, including chronic hepatitis B (CHB), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), today announced the upcoming presentation of four abstracts at The Liver Meeting® hosted annually by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD). The 2019 meeting will be held in Boston on November 8-12.

Experts from Aligos’ team of scientists will present posters detailing recent advances in the company’s products in development to address CHB and NASH. Poster presentation details include the following:

Poster session I
Date/Time: Friday, November 8, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET
Location: John B. Hynes Memorial Convention Center

• Poster Title: S-Antigen Transport-inhibiting Oligonucleotide Polymers (STOPs) can Effectively Inhibit Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) Secretion from Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Cell Lines
  Poster number: 689
  Presenter: Jin Hong (Director, Oligonucleotide Biology)
  
  
• Poster Title: Preclinical Assessment of a Novel Capsid Assembly Modulator, ALG-001075, Demonstrates Best-in-Class In Vitro Potency and In Vivo Antiviral Efficacy
  Poster number: 699
  Presenter: Yannick Debing (Senior Scientist)
  
  
• Poster Title: Preclinical Assessment of Potency and Efficacy of a Novel Class-II Capsid Assembly Modulator ALG-001024
  Poster number: 703
  Presenter: Andreas Jekle (Director, Virology)

Poster session IV
Date/Time: Monday, November 11, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET
Location: John B. Hynes Memorial Convention Center

• Poster Title: Preclinical development of ALG-009 as a Potent and Selective Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta Agonist for the Treatment of NASH
  Poster number: 2149
  Presenter: Jerome Deval (Director, Biochemistry)

About Aligos
Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company that was founded in 2018 with the mission to become a world leader in the treatment of liver diseases. Aligos is focused on the development of targeted therapies for hepatologic diseases and viral infections, including chronic hepatitis B (CHB), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which collectively affect hundreds of millions of people across the world. Aligos’ strategy is to harness the deep expertise and decades of drug development experience its workforce has in liver disease, particularly viral hepatitis, to rapidly advance its pipeline of best-in-class molecules.
Please visit www.aligos.com for more information.

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