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Discussing the NASH landscape in the aftermath of the Akero's efruxifermin results

Ticker(s): AKRO, ENTB, MDGL, LLY, NVO

Who's the expert?

Institution: Yale University

  • Academic hepatologist, Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and Director, Yale Viral Hepatitis Program.
  • Treats patients with chronic liver diseases including the entire spectrum from cirrhosis, liver failure, and post-transplant; Approximately 5-10% of his patients have chronic pruritus symptoms, 200 patients with biopsy-proven NASH and a larger cohort of NAFLD, and 70 patients with PBC/PSC.
  • Has served on the national steering committees for large observational cohort studies for liver disease and has published over 100 papers in the area of GI and liver diseases.

Interview Goal
This conversation will focus on Akero's recent announcement of their Phase 2b SYMMETRY study results evaluating efruxifermin (EFX) in patients with compensated cirrhosis due to NASH.

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