Interview: Mereo All Set For Key Setrusumab Data

Although far from a one-product company, data in Q4 will be key to whether the brittle bone drug could become a blockbuster for the UK NASDAQ-listed biotech.

Q4 2019
End of the year will be pivotal for Mereo • Source: Shutterstock

Mereo BioPharma Group PLC is gearing up for a pivotal fourth quarter which will see the readout of data on the UK company's key asset, setrusumab for brittle bone disease.

In an interview with Scrip, CEO Denise Scots-Knight noted that earlier this year, Mereo posted positive six-month data from the open-label arm of its Phase IIb ASTEROID trial of setrusumab...

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