CymaBay’s Stalled Seladelpar Back In Play For PBC
Executive Summary
Weeks after lifting of an FDA clinical hold, CymaBay says it will resume development of its PPAR agonist in primary biliary cholangitis. It will initiate a new Phase III trial but also use data from a terminated Phase III study.
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