How NGM Bio Intends To Build An Old-School Biotech

NGM Biopharmaceuticals CEO Jeff Jonker discusses the company's lead program in NASH and its other R&D activities and business strategy in an interview with Scrip's Mike Ward.

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NGM Bio's Jeff Jonker talks NASH

With the hepatitis C challenge broadly solved, the leading cause of expensive liver transplants is now a disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which, not surprisingly, is attracting a lot of attention from companies looking to develop treatments.

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