REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., May 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OCRX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on acute and chronic orphan liver diseases, today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 and provided updates on its clinical development programs of OCR-002 for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy (HE), a debilitating liver disorder and significant burden on the healthcare system.
“To date, 2017 has been very eventful for Ocera with a successful Phase 1 study of oral OCR-002 in cirrhotic patients in January followed by the completion of our STOP-HE Phase 2b clinical trial of IV OCR-002 and subsequent data read out,” said Linda Grais, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Ocera. “The data from STOP-HE confirmed that hyperammonemia is correlated with the severity of HE symptoms and that OCR-002 correlates with faster reduction of ammonia, and with clinical improvement.”
