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Altimmune Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Pemvidutide in MASH
Alignment on Phase 3 registrational trial parameters confirmed following receipt of minutes from end-of-phase 2 meeting with U.S. FDAGAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies that address serious liver diseases, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for pemvidutide, a balanced 1:1 glucagon/GLP-1 dual receptor agoni
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