Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALGS), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving patient outcomes through best-in-class therapies for liver and viral diseases, today announced that the United States Adopted Names (USAN) Council has adopted pevifoscorvir sodium as the nonproprietary (generic) name for ALG-000184, under investigation for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

The USAN, consisting of members from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), American Medical Association (AMA), United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), is responsible for developing simple, informative and unique nonproprietary (generic) drug names.