Intercept rollercoaster continues with NASH, PBC updates

Intercept Pharmaceuticals fell 30.1% to $172.59 per share on 7 November after data from the Phase II FLINT clinical trial for obeticholic acid (OCA) were published in The Lancet, but the update provided little new information about the drug's safety and efficacy in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Intercept Pharmaceuticals fell 30.1% to $172.59 per share on 7 November after data from the Phase II FLINT clinical trial for obeticholic acid (OCA) were published in The Lancet, but the update provided little new information about the drug's safety and efficacy in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Investors cut $74.39 from Intercept's stock price and chopped $1.6bn from the New York-based company's market cap after investigators from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney...

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