CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Defining and Striving for HBV Cure: What’s in the Pipeline

Episode Summary

In this podcast, an expert discusses the various definitions/types of HBV cure and different investigational approaches under evaluation for their potential to achieve cure.

Episode Notes

In this episode,  Carla S. Coffin, MD, MSc, shares her thoughts on the different investigational approaches under evaluation for their potential to achieve HBV cure, including entry inhibitors, capsid inhibitors, siRNAs, immune modulators, TLR agonists, therapeutic vaccines, and checkpoint inhibitors.

Presenter:

Carla S. Coffin, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Medicine
University of Calgary
Medical Director of Calgary Liver Unit
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Medicine
Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Content based on an online CME program supported by independent educational grants from AbbVie and Gilead Sciences, Inc. and developed in collaboration with the American Liver Foundation. 

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3OGHvOv