Biopharmaceutical company Theratechnologies Inc. recently announced that its therapy candidate tesamorelin is effective in the treatment of HIV-associated nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). According to new data, published in JCI Insight, tesamorelin…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD is a term used to describe a range of conditions in which a patient’s liver has…
When it comes to researching and finding treatments for rare diseases, funding plays a crucial role. Recently, the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Stem Cell Therapies Mission presented Monash…
In a Business Wire press release, the Canadian NASH Network (CanNASH) shared the results of a recent study predicting a severe increase in cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease…
International Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Day takes place on June 12th every year. This year, a 4 part podcast series was released by NASHNET as part of the continued effort to spread…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biotechnology company CytoDyn Inc. has recently announced the initiation of a phase 2 clinical trial. This clinical trial will be testing the company's…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, a group of researchers from Penn State University have designed a unique clinical trial that aims to measure the impact of exercise on…
Currently, up to 5% of American citizens have nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a liver disease resulting in damage and inflammation. But there's no approved treatments, presenting an unmet need in…
International NASH Day, or IND, began in 2018 to raise awareness of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). This is the most advanced form of fatty liver disease. It is a progressive condition…
Enanta Pharmaceuticals has recently released the results from the second phase of its INTREPID trial, which studied EDP-305 as a treatment for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). The results were positive,…
According to a story from Biotech-365, the biopharmaceutical company Inventiva has been forced to change its plans to announce the latest updates for its phase IIb clinical trial. This clinical…
The Health Medicine Network has shared that researchers found a potential early biomarker that could help track the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. With up to 80% of…
According to a story from hepmag.com, a panel of experts is recommending a name change for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and is instead proposing that the condition be called…
Galectin Therapeutics has recently started to plan the third phase of its clinical trial of belapectin, which treats nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). They are making refinements based on a conversation…
A study conducted by researchers at UC San Diego has revealed new and helpful information about non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). This study, led by Dr. Joseph Witztum, focused on a…
The FDA has recently approved of Viking Therapeutics' Investigational New Drug (IND) application, which allows patients to enroll in their clinical trials. In order to qualify for these trials,…
According to a story from pharmaphorum.com, the drug company Genfit has recently released data from a study which was testing the effectiveness of a new approach for the diagnosis of…
NASH Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is a rare disease in which hepatic inflammation and injury to the cells occur as a result of steatosis (hepatic fat accumulation). Severe cases of NASH…
According to a story from sectorpublishingintelligence.co.uk, the drug company INVENTIVA's lead product candidate, known as lanifibranor, has earned Fast Track Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as…
According to a story from Real World Health Care, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its less common, more serious form called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), are silent but deadly conditions that…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has recently announced that its experimental drug CRV431 was able to successfully decrease scarring of the liver in…
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In the mid-1980s the FDA was criticized for being slow in approving new drugs. In fact, a commission was formed as a result of the mounting criticism. Janet Woodcock,…
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Although somewhat of an exaggeration, the title of this article falls in line with the thinking of Insitro’s founder, Daphne Koller. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Koller said that…
Researchers at GENFIT are excited about promising results from studies investigating a new potential therapy for PBC and NASH, two rare liver diseases. Primary Biliary Cholangitis Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)…
According to a press release from American biotechnology company Intercept Pharmaceuticals, the company recently released additional data supporting its phase 3 clinical trial of obeticholic acid (OCA) in the treatment…
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