Precision BioSciences Announces Late-Breaking Poster Presentation for PBGENE-HBV at European Association for the Study of the Liver Congress 2026

- Late-breaking poster presentation to highlight new biopsy data demonstrating elimination and inactivation of cccDNA from the ongoing Phase 1 ELIMINATE-B trial in chronic hepatitis B -

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Precision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), a clinical stage gene editing company utilizing its novel proprietary ARCUS^® platform to develop in vivo gene editing therapies for high unmet need diseases, today announced that it will present new clinical biopsy data from the ongoing Phase 1 ELIMINATE-B trial during a late-breaking poster presentation at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress 2026. The ELIMINATE-B trial is evaluating PBGENE-HBV for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. The EASL Congress 2026 is being held May 27-30, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain.

Title: First evidence of elimination and inactivation of cccDNA in liver biopsies collected from patients with chronic hepatitis B treated with PBGENE-HBV

Presenter: Man-Fung Yuen
Session: Late-Breaker Posters
Abstract number: LB26-51656
Presentation Number: LBP-043
Date: May 27, 2026
Time: 8:30 CEST

About PBGENE-HBV, A Viral Elimination Program

PBGENE-HBV is Precision’s wholly owned in vivo gene editing program under investigation in a global first-in-human clinical trial, which is designed to be a potentially curative treatment for chronic Hepatitis B infection. PBGENE-HBV is the first and only potentially curative gene editing program to enter the clinic that is specifically designed to eliminate the root cause of chronic Hepatitis B, cccDNA, while inactivating integrated HBV DNA. Elimination of cccDNA could result in HBV cure as cccDNA is the only source of infectious replication (HBV DNA). The ELIMINATE-B trial is investigating PBGENE-HBV at multiple dose levels across a number of administrations per dose level in patients with chronic Hepatitis B. PBGENE-HBV has been granted Fast Track designation by the FDA.

PBGENE-HBV is the only clinical stage program targeting the elimination of cccDNA leading to sustained loss of HBV DNA. The FDA has previously provided guidance that sustained loss of HBV DNA with or without loss of HBsAg is an approvable endpoint for chronic hepatitis B.

Further details on the trial can be found on Precision’s website and on clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT06680232.

About Precision BioSciences, Inc.

Precision BioSciences, Inc. is a clinical stage gene editing company dedicated to improving life (DTIL) with its novel and proprietary ARCUS^® genome editing platform that differs from other technologies in the way it cuts, its smaller size, and its simpler structure. These features are intended for ARCUS nucleases to drive more defined therapeutic outcomes. Using ARCUS, the Company’s pipeline is comprised of clinical stage in vivo gene editing candidates designed to deliver lasting cures for the broadest range of genetic and infectious diseases where no adequate treatments exist. For more information about Precision BioSciences, please visit www.precisionbiosciences.com.

The ARCUS^® platform is being used to develop in vivo gene editing therapies for sophisticated gene edits, including gene elimination (removing a genome e.g. viral DNA such as in the Company’s PBGENE-HBV program), and excision (removing a large portion of a defective gene by delivering two ARCUS nucleases in a single AAV such as in the Company’s PBGENE-DMD program) and gene insertion (inserting DNA into gene to cause expression/add function).

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