Needham & Company Reiterates Buy on Intercept Pharma (ICPT) Following Positive FDA Panel Vote on Obeticholic Acid

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FDA Advisory Committee Unanimously Recommends Accelerated Approval of Ocaliva™ (obeticholic acid) for the Treatment of PBC

April 7, 2016 5:00 PM EDT

PDUFA Date is May 29, 2016

Intercept to host investor conference call today at 5:30 p.m. ET

NEW YORK, April 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat non-viral, progressive liver diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)s Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee voted 17 to 0 to recommend accelerated approval of Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) for the treatment of patients with... More