Allergan Extending R&D Pipeline to Include NASH

Allergan Extending R&D Pipeline to Include NASH

By Zacks Equity Research, Zacks.com June 26, 2017 We issued an updated research report on Allergan plc AGN on Jun 23. Acquisitions form an integral part of Allergan’s expansion strategy. Allergan is reshaping its portfolio through strategic acquisitions. With...
Companies Race to Find NASH Cure

Companies Race to Find NASH Cure

By Anne Steele Published June 23, 2017 The next frontier for multibillion-dollar drug therapies is a silent disease many people don’t know they have. Dozens of pharmaceutical companies including Gilead Sciences Inc., Allergan PLC and Intercept Pharmaceuticals...
J&J Launches Partnerships for NASH, RA, obesity

J&J Launches Partnerships for NASH, RA, obesity

By Chris Lieu The Johnson & Johnson Innovation unit of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced several partnerships, including collaborations concerning obesity, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and rheumatoid arthritis. J&J’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals...
NASH drug development halted

NASH drug development halted

Regulus Therapeutics acknowledged today that clinical development of its nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) candidate AZD4076 (RG-125) is being halted by AstraZeneca—one of three Regulus pipeline candidates whose clinical programs are being scuttled. Regulus said...
One Third of HIV/AIDS Patients Have NASH

One Third of HIV/AIDS Patients Have NASH

Michael Carter Published: 12 July 2017 Over a third of people with HIV have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the absence of hepatitis B or C, according to the results of a meta-analysis and systematic review published in AIDS. Metabolic disorders including...
Viking Announces Promising Top Line Results for NASH

Viking Announces Promising Top Line Results for NASH

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. June 6, 2017 SAN DIEGO, June 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (“Viking”) (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine...