Novo’s Nash play takes shape
As semaglutide looks set to move into pivotal trials in Nash, Novo Nordisk lays out hopes for longer-term benefits.
Upcoming events – a legal verdict for Enbrel and a clinical one for Cymabay
Amgen awaits a make-or-break US verdict on its best-selling drug, while Cymabay looks for evidence that it could become a Nash contender.
EASL 2019 – Viking to push the limits of its Nash contender
Encouraging results from Viking Therapeutics’ lead Nash project have prompted the company to ask how low it can go.
EASL 2019 preview – Viking and Spring Bank abstracts pique early interest
High-profile presentations from the likes of Intercept and Alnylam remain under wraps before Europe’s biggest liver disease conference next month, but the early abstract…
Intercept's Nash hopes rest on Ocaliva's borderline hit
Intercept’s Regenerate trial in Nash, one of the hottest clinical readouts of 2019, is technically a success, but toxicity casts a long shadow.
Inventiva’s fibrosis flop hits Nash hopes
A stumble for Inventiva’s lanifibranor in a rare fibrotic disease could bode ill for its prospects in Nash, and for those of other PPAR agonists.
Gilead’s first big Nash bash ends in the trash
The failure of the Stellar-4 study of selonsertib is a big blow for Gilead, but has not dented enthusiasm for other Nash players.
Albireo comes up to IBAT in Nash
Albireo is taking aim at yet another Nash target, but Shire and Glaxosmithkline have already ditched projects with similar mechanisms.
