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Global Fatty Liver Day, this year falling on June 13, is an annual effort to raise awareness about metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease…

Two years of treatment with seladelpar, Gilead Sciences’ oral candidate, safely results in rapid and sustained reductions in itching and liver damage markers for…

Pregnant women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) have an increased risk of other pregnancy-related problems, including gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, or sudden high…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Ipsen’s elafibranor as a second-line treatment for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).

One year of treatment with Viking Therapeutics’ candidate VK2809 safely and effectively reduces liver fat content, damage, and scarring in adults with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis…

An imaging technique called holomedicine helped surgeons in Singapore make sure they removed a part of a liver from a living adult donor that was…

Vir Biotechnology’s investigational therapy tobevibart, used alone or in combination with another company candidate called elebsiran, can reduce hepatitis D virus (HDV) levels and…

The first patient has been enrolled in WIND-PSC, a global study to track the natural course of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and generate real-world…

Note: This story was updated July 9, 2024, to clarify Livmarli is approved in the U.S. for all PFIC forms, but not recommended for a…

The HealthWell Foundation, a charity that helps people who can’t afford to pay their medical bills, has started a new fund to support those…