Endpoint Selection Could Help Determine The NASH Race

Sponsors in the hotly pursued and yet untapped field of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis think that selection of different primary or co-primary endpoints could help differentiate their programs in the competitive space.

BOSTON – The lead programs in drug development for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are taking divergent paths in terms of primary endpoints for their pivotal trials – but at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases conference Nov. 11-15 some sponsors indicated that they see that as a potential advantage.

Not so long ago, there had been no path forward for NASH drug development. NASH is a disease of increasing...

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