Tag: steatohepatitis

Ingelheim, Germany - Boehringer Ingelheim today announced positive results from two global Phase III trials of its glucagon/GLP-1 dual agonist survodutide (BI 456906), SYNCHRONIZE-1 and SYNCHRONIZE-MASLD.^2,4 The results demonstrate survodutide’s potential to reduce weight and therefore improve metabolic health in two distinct populations: adults living with obesity or overweight, without type 2 diabetes (SYNCHRONIZE-1),² and adults with overweight or obesity with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) with evidence of inflammation and or fibrosis (SYNCHRONIZE-MASLD).⁴ Full results from SYNCHRONIZE-1 and SYNCHRONIZE-MASLD were presented today at the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 2026 Scientific Sessions and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Medicine respectively.^5,6

Daix (France), New York City (New York, United States), June 2, 2026 – Inventiva (Euronext Paris and NASDAQ: IVA) (“Inventiva” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral therapies for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (“MASH”), today announces that the listing of its ordinary shares on the regulated market of Euronext Paris will be temporarily halted, at the Company's request, from the opening of the market at 9:00 a.m. CEST.

Bagsværd, Denmark, 15 August 2025 – Novo Nordisk today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an additional indication for Wegovy^® (semaglutide 2.4 mg) based on a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for treatment of noncirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in adults with moderate to advanced liver fibrosis (consistent with stages F2 to F3 fibrosis), in combination with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGS, “Aligos”, “Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving patient outcomes through best-in-class therapies for liver and viral diseases, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 42,300 shares of the Company’s stock (the “Inducement Grant”) to newly hired employees on August 12, 2025 (the “Grant Date”), in connection with the commencement of employment.

Results support potential of efruxifermin (EFX) to reduce risk of fibrosis progression in patients with pre-cirrhotic (F2-F3) MASH