Intercept Liver Disease Strategy Bets Heavily On New Surrogate Endpoints
Executive Summary
Intercept is aiming to file obeticholic acid for accelerated approval in two liver disease indications and is mining clinical outcomes data to support new surrogate endpoints with the help of a clinical network dubbed the “Supergroup.”
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