A Look Into The Future Of NASH

The liver disease is one of the hottest areas of drug development. Here are some upcoming catalysts to look out for.

Liver disease
A plethora of drug candidates are in development for NASH

Sometimes advances in drug development are like London buses: you wait for ages, and then loads turn up at once. This has certainly been the case in the non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) space recently, with several mid-stage trials yielding positive – or positive-ish – data in the past few months.

Key Takeaways

  • Madrigal’s resmetirom is likely to become the first drug approved in NASH later this year

But there is much more to come. Players including Novo Nordisk A/S, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Pfizer Inc....

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