Gilead Increasingly Seems Focused On Combo Therapy In NASH
Executive Summary
At EASL, Gilead indicated it may not take any of its current NASH candidates forward as monotherapy options. Trial collaboration with Novo Nordisk may suggest pessimism toward selonsertib after Phase III disappointment.
You may also be interested in...
Year Of NASH Upheaval Means Incremental Data At AASLD
With still no approved therapy for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, Intercept, Madrigal, Inventiva and others used the liver meeting to build the cases for their NASH candidates.
CymaBay Focused On PBC With Seladelpar, Wants Partner For NASH
With an FDA clinical hold lifted, CymaBay plans to initiate a new Phase III in primary biliary cholangitis early in 2021. It also hopes to partner the drug in NASH with a company developing a metabolic drug for the disease.
Gilead’s Bad Luck In NASH Continues With ATLAS Failure
None of the two-drug combinations tested by Gilead met statistical significance in the multi-arm non-alcoholic steatohepatitis trial. This follows the Phase III failure of selonsertib monotherapy earlier in 2019.