Conatus Accepts Defeat For Emricasan In NASH

After multiple Phase IIb trial failures, Conatus says it will fulfill contractual obligations and consider strategic alternatives. Partner Novartis was already focused on other candidates and partnerships in NASH.

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Conatus' long struggle with emricasan is at an end

Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. hung in and talked up the potential of future results as long as it could but finally conceded on 24 June that its pan-caspase inhibitor emricasan had demonstrated a lack of efficacy in multiple patient types in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The San Diego firm said it will wrap up its obligations related to emricasan with partner Novartis AG and consider its strategic alternatives going forward.

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