Aligos’s MASH Data Look Competitive, But Path Forward Is Unclear

Aligos’s THRβ agonist yielded hepatic fat reduction equal to or better than its class, but the biotech prefers moving forward with a partner. Hepatitis B may be the firm’s higher priority.

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Aligos's MASH candidate showed liver fat reduction ability in Phase IIa • Source: Shutterstock

Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. may be able to improve on the safety and efficacy for the first drug approved for non-alcoholic/metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (NASH/MASH), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Rezdiffra (resmetirom), based on Phase IIa data for its THRβ agonist ALG-055009, but Aligos is seeking a partner to advance its drug.

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