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Enanta Pharma (ENTA) Commences EDP-305 Phase 1 as NASH Treatment

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Enanta Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Study of EDP-305, its Lead FXR Agonist for the Treatment of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

September 28, 2016 4:12 PM EDT

First subjects dosed in study that will evaluate EDP-305 in healthy subjects and subjects with presumptive non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ: ENTA), a research and development-focused biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver diseases, today announced that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical study and has begun dosing healthy adults with EDP-305, Enantas lead farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist under development to treat patients with NASH.

The double-blind, placebo-controlled... More