Poxel taking two shots at NASH as pharma waits on FDA’s Ocaliva verdict

Poxel taking two shots at NASH as pharma waits on FDA’s Ocaliva verdict

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Pharmaforum
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Intercept’s Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) is under review in the potentially lucrative fatty liver disease non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), making it a potential first-to-market drug in the indication – but there are plenty of other contenders who hope to muscle in on this likely multi-billion dollar market too.

One of the smaller players is the French biotech Poxel, but the company’s management told those attending the Jefferies London Healthcare Conference that the firm intends to keep a watching brief on how some of the bigger companies fare.