Metacrine Choosing Between Two NASH FXR Agonists It Calls Best-In-Class

Biotech is determining which of its mid-stage FXR candidates – MET409 and MET642 – will offer the best overall profile to take into Phase IIb. It is also studying ‘409 in combination with Jardiance and will test the FXR class in inflammatory bowel disease.

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Metacrine is evaluating two FXR agonists to determine which to advance in NASH

By the end of the year, Metacrine, Inc. plans to select which of its two farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists in mid-stage development to move forward with in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and the firm believes whichever one it picks will offer a best-in-class profile based on the safety and efficacy data it has seen so far.

FXR agonists have been a popular class in NASH drug development, and the first drug to reach the US Food...

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