Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. Appoints Todd Brady as Director and Member of the Audit Committee , Effective February 1, 2019

Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. The Company is engaged in discovering and developing novel antiviral therapeutics that target the replication process of influenza viruses, coronaviruses (including SARS-CoV-2), noroviruses and hepatitis C viruses (HCV). It is developing small molecule antiviral therapeutics that inhibit the essential viral replication function of RNA viruses causing acute and chronic viral diseases. It has several candidates under development for the treatment of influenza infection. CC-42344 is a novel PB2 inhibitor, which is a preclinical lead for the treatment of pandemic and seasonal influenza A. It also develops broad-spectrum influenza antivirals targeting replication enzymes of influenza A and B strains. Its broad-spectrum antiviral drug candidate, CDI-988, is an oral treatment for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Its CC-31244, an HCV NNI, is a pan-genotypic inhibitor of NS5B polymerase for the treatment of HCV.