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Altimmune Presents New Analyses Predicting High Rates of MASH Resolution on Biopsy following Pemvidutide Treatment at the EASL International Liver Congress™
MASH Resolution Index (MASHResInd) model highly predictive of MASH resolutionGAITHERSBURG, Md., May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation peptide-based therapeutics for liver and cardiometabolic diseases, today announced the presentation of new analyses at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress™ in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The presentation focuses on the use of the MAS
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