After overcoming a financial shortfall in 2024, Inventiva is cutting staff by 50% and ceasing its preclinical research and development efforts to try to make its money last long enough to get Phase III data for its metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) candidate lanifibranor, expected during the second half of 2026.
Inventiva Tries Restructuring To Reach Phase III Finish Line In MASH
Large headcount reduction and ending preclinical programs may give Inventiva runway to report Phase III data for lanifibranor that are expected during the second half of 2026.
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