Transplanting 3D bioprinted liver tissue into diseased livers improves liver health in mice, Organovo Holdings revealed. The finding suggests that doctors could use 3D bioprinted…
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NewsIntercept Receives NORD Innovation Award for Ocaliva Therapy to Treat Rare Liver Disease
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) gave its 2017 Industry Innovation Award to Intercept Pharmaceuticals for the company’s primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) drug …
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NewsAlbireo Plans Phase 3 Trial of A4250 to Treat Children with Life-threatening Liver Disease
Children with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis will be able to take part in a Phase 3 clinical trial of A4250’s ability to combat the rare genetic…
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, might be prevented by treatments able to target certain immune cells, according to a recent study in mice which demonstrated that the condition has…
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NewsAlbireo Wins 2 U.S. Patents for A4250 Therapy to Treat NASH, Other Liver Diseases
Albireo Pharma has secured two new patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its lead drug candidate A4250 to treat liver diseases such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis…
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NewsMonkey Studies Prove Safety, Tolerability of IVA337 Experimental Therapy for Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Inventiva’s drug candidate IVA337, currently in Phase 2 studies for both non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and systemic sclerosis (SSc), has shown a good safety profile in…
Researchers presented more than 50 studies highlighting the benefits of Accuray’s CyberKnife System at the 36th Annual European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)…
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NewsEarly Study to Test Bioelectronic Treatment for NASH Inflammation
A pre-clinical study to evaluate the therapeutic potential of a bioelectronic platform in preventing and reducing inflammation in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is beginning, its developer, Endonovo Therapeutics, announced.
Durect has signed an agreement with Sandoz to develop and market Posimir (Saber-bupivacaine), an investigational localized pain reliever, in the United States. Durect…
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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…
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