Tobira, Dong-A Stick To NASH Plans Despite CENTAUR Results
Executive Summary
The failure of Tobira's cenicriviroc to meet its primary endpoint in the CENTAUR study has raised some concerns in South Korea over the prospects for a combo therapy with Dong-A ST's evogliptin. But the two firms are sticking to their clinical development plans based on the positive secondary endpoint outcome in the study.
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