Akero Therapeutics

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Shares of Akero Therapeutics are surging after the company announced pharma giant Pfizer made a $25 million equity investment to support the development of the company’s experimental liver drug.
venBio Global Strategic Fund IV will invest primarily in drug companies focused on developing therapies for unmet medical needs.
It was a busy week for clinical trial news, with some very important early-stage trial data for various COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s a look.
Heading into the 4th of July holiday in the U.S., there was still a fair amount of clinical trial news last week. Here’s a look.
Of the 40 patients who responded who had end-of-treatment biopsies, 48% showed at least a one-stage improvement in fibrosis without worsening of NAFLD activity score and 28% demonstrated at least a two-stage improvement in fibrosis.
This Clinical Catch-Up has been split into three sections: COVID-19-Related Clinical Trials; Non-COVID-19-Related Clinical Trials; and Trials Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here’s a look.
This week marked initial public offering news from six biopharma companies. Here’s a look.
BioSpace is proud to present its NextGen Bio “Class of 2019,” a list of 20 up-and-coming life science companies in North America that launched* no earlier than 2017.
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