NGM Bio Releases Promising Results From Phase 2 Study Of NGM282 In NASH

NGM Bio today announced data from a Phase 2 study of its lead product candidate, NGM282, demonstrating clinically meaningful improvements in histological measures of disease in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients at twelve weeks. NGM282, an analogue of the human hormone FGF19, showed a rapid and robust impact on both fibrosis stage and disease activity as measured by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) activity score (NAS) in this open-label study of NGM282.