Hepion Pharmaceuticals: A Promising Early-Stage Biopharma In The NASH Race

Summary

  • Hepion Pharmaceuticals is a promising candidate in the race for an effective drug for treating NASH.
  • Although still in a very early phase of trials, CRV431 has presented very promising preclinical results.
  • The ALT reduction obtained in last phase IIa trial outperformed all competing drug candidate trials to date.
  • I consider that Hepion presents a very good investment opportunity at current price levels, with a view to 1 or 2 years.

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Hepion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:HEPA) is a small early-stage biopharmaceutical that is currently testing the candidate drug CRV431, a cyclophilin inhibitor that progresses through various channels such as NASH and HBV.

In preclinical trials, CRV431 has been

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