Verantos – a market leader in high-validity real-world evidence generation – announced that along with its research partners, the company accomplished a significant step forward in applying advanced real-world evidence approaches to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

SubjectWell – the largest risk-free clinical trials marketplace – released statistics on patients’ attitudes toward clinical research, specifically those with liver diseases. 

Swiss pharma giant Roche acquired Ireland’s Inflazome and the company’s NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors aimed at multiple inflammatory diseases.

The adverse events that led to a pause in trials evaluating AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate may not have been associated with the vaccine itself, according to a document outlining participant information that was posted online by the Oxford University.

Two years after nabbing three novel anti-infective drug candidates from Novartis for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections, Boston Pharmaceuticals struck a deal with the Swiss pharma giant for a potential treatment for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

MedAdNews spoke to Bill Dreitlein, Senior Director, Pipeline & Drug Surveillance at OptumRx, about the state of the industry’s prescription drug pipeline and what enticing prospects will soon emerge.

Gilead Sciences Inc.’s experimental drug aimed at treating a type of fatty liver disease known as NASH failed to meet the main goal of a late-stage study, two months after failing another clinical trial.

Gilead Sciences Inc. will partner with privately held insitro to develop therapies for a fatty liver disease called NASH.

The loss of patent protection on two drugs is forcing Gilead Sciences to terminate about 20 percent of the company’s sales team, according to reports.

Novartis agreed to pay $310 million upfront, with the possibility for more later, for some research assets of Boston-based inflammation specialist IFM Therapeutics as the Swiss drugmaker expands the company’s immunology pipeline.