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Gilead Hit With Another NASH Setback As Selonsertib Fails In First Phase III

 
• By Joseph Haas

Primary endpoint miss for Phase III selonsertib in cirrhotic NASH patients follows disappointing data at both 2018 major liver conferences. STELLAR-3 in NASH patients with bridging fibrosis looms large for Gilead’s hopes.

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Gilead Sciences Inc. revealed shortly after the stock market closed on Feb. 11 that its most advanced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) candidate, selonsertib, missed the primary endpoint in STELLAR-4, the first of two pivotal Phase III trials under way for the apoptosis-signaling kinase-1 (ASK1) inhibitor.

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