CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Aug. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL) today announced its second quarter 2017 financial results, including a $35 million financing in June. Madrigal also recently completed patient enrollment in a Phase 2 clinical study of its lead compound, MGL-3196, a first-in-class, oral, once-daily, liver-directed, thyroid hormone receptor (THR) ß-selective agonist, in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The Company had also initiated a Phase 2 clinical study of MGL-3196 in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) in the first quarter of 2017.
