Madrigal Likes Rezdiffra’s Long-Term Positioning In NASH

Despite a share price decline, Madrigal CEO Bill Sibold tells Scrip he is confident that Rezdiffra is off to a strong launch, backed by promising metrics and a solid strategy.

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Madrigal says its Rezdiffra launch is off to a strong start • Source: Shutterstock

Two days after the quarterly earnings call on which Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. unveiled the initial sales results for Rezdiffra (resmetirom), the first approved drug for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), its stock price remained significantly below where it stood heading into that call. This was true despite wide market analyst sentiment that the company and its drug are off to a solid launch with good growth prospects.

In an interview, Madrigal CEO Bill Sibold, a veteran of US and international product launches from his years at

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