Intercept skyrockets 281% on NASH results
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Intercept Pharmaceuticals nearly tripled its stock value on 9 January when the New York-based company reported that a Phase II clinical trial for obeticholic acid (OCA) in the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was stopped early, because the primary endpoint was met in an interim analysis.
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