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Arbutus Biopharma Corp

Initiate the AB-729 combination clinical trial

Not delivered by the deadline

AI-assessed · human review in progress Found and assessed by AI from the cited sources. Shown with its evidence; it is not counted in any Kept Score until confirmed.

Announced
25 Jan 2021
Due
30 Jun 2021
Checked
25 Oct 2026
  • Deadline
  • Met
  • Late
  • Not met
  • Today

What the company said

“Projected initiation 1H 2021”

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

The company did not initiate the AB-729 combination clinical trial by the first half of 2021, with subsequent filings indicating initiation occurred in the second half of 2021 or later.

  • A
    Arbutus Biopharma Corp 10-Q filed 2021-08-05 Regulatory filing · published 5 Aug 2021 · retrieved 25 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 338e7688d5d2
    “This Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical trial is expected to initiate in the second half of 2021.” ✓ confirmed on the page
  • A
    Arbutus Biopharma Corp 10-Q filed 2022-05-05 Regulatory filing · published 5 May 2022 · retrieved 25 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint be57186972ea
    “Following FDA authorization in July 2021 to proceed with our Investigational New Drug (IND) application, we initiated AB-729-201” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved +11.2% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (4 Aug 2021 to 9 Aug 2021). What this measures

Checked 25 Oct 2026.

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type
Clinical milestone
Indicative materiality
Medium rules
Action
Initiate
Deliverable
AB-729 combination clinical trial
Language
Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control
Medium
Specificity
High
Depends on
Partner

How this entry was checked

  1. Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
  2. First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
  3. Second check: disagreesClaude (Anthropic) re-read the evidence blind and read it as “Late”.
  4. Tie-breakA stronger model read the evidence and both earlier answers, without knowing which was recorded, and agrees with the second check.

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