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Chemomab Therapeutics has been awarded patents in Brazil and Israel covering CM-101, the company’s experimental therapy that’s currently being tested in a Phase…
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NewsFDA to review approval application for seladelpar as PBC treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will review CymaBay Therapeutics’ application for seladelpar, an oral investigational treatment for adults with…
Seladelpar, an experimental oral therapy by CymaBay Therapeutics, significantly lowered blood levels of an itch-associated molecule called interleukin-31 (IL-31) in people with…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsHealth Canada Approves Ocaliva for Autoimmune Liver Disease Patients
Canadian patients with the autoimmune liver disease primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) saw the first approval of a new drug for their condition in more than…
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NewsGenkyotex’s GKT831 Drug Moves to Phase 2 Trial After Winning FDA Investigational New Drug Status
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigational new drug (IND) status to GKT831, allowing French pharmaceutical company Genkyotex to advance its drug to a Phase…
GENFIT has enrolled the first patient in a Phase 2a clinical trial of elafibranor as a treatment for a liver bile duct disease known as primary…
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Candidate drug EDP-305 reduced fibrosis progression and improved non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) disease settings in several preclinical animal models, says…
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