Shares of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals went up in trading after the company announced positive topline data from a Phase III assessment of resmetirom in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Merck entered into an exclusive licensing deal with Hanmi Pharmaceutical for the development, manufacture and commercialization of efinopegdutide for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
The only liver disease becoming more widespread in the U.S. is one driven by obesity and diabetes – NAFLD – even as other liver disorder types linked to drinking or hepatitis become less common.
