Imminent Madrigal, Viking Trial Readouts Will Shape NASH R&D Expectations
Executive Summary
While neither company reported new data from their ongoing trials at AASLD, the firm’s competing THRβ agonists are viewed as leading lights in the non-alcoholic steatohepatitis competition.
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