Novo Nordisk And Gilead Expand NASH Alliance

Duo Exploring Combo Approaches To Treat Cirrhosis

Novo Nordisk and Gilead Sciences have expanded their clinical collaboration in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis following positive data from a proof-of-concept trial.

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New Phase IIb Study Will Study Triple Combination Regimen • Source: Shutterstock

Encouraged by positive Phase II results in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients released last year, partners Novo Nordisk A/S and Gilead Sciences, Inc. are planning a Phase IIb study to investigate the safety and efficacy of semaglutide, the Danish group’s GLP-1 receptor agonist, and a fixed-dose combination of Gilead’s investigational FXR agonist cilofexor and investigational ACC inhibitor firsocostat, alone and in combination in people with advanced compensated cirrhosis due to NASH.

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