Akero Therapeutics Inc Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO) is a clinical-stage cardio-metabolic company developing transformational treatments for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a disease without any approved therapies. Akero’s investigational drug product candidate, efruxifermin (EFX), is a differentiated Fc-FGF21 fusion protein engineered to mimic the balanced biological activity profile of native FGF21, an endogenous hormone that alleviates . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here …

Important News and Results from Akero Therapeutics Akero Therapeutics (AKRO) announced that full results of the main portion of its Phase 2a BALANCED trial in biopsy-confirmed NASH patients with F1-F3 fibrosis have been published in Nature Medicine. The study shows investigational NASH Drug Efruxifermin (EFX) reduced liver fat to normal levels and reversed fibrosis after 16 weeks . . . This content is for paid subscribers. …

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Akero Therapeutics Efruxifermin Positive Results in NASH Akero Therapeutics (AKRO) results of a 16-week analysis of secondary and exploratory endpoints in Phase 2a BALANCED study of its product efruxifermin (EFX), formerly known as AKR-001, in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are beating everybody’s expectations, including Akero Therapeutics.    Of the 40 responders, the firm observed that 48% achieved at least a one-stage improvement in fibrosis without …