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Novo Nordisk to acquire Akero Therapeutics and its promising phase 3 FGF21 analogue to expand MASH portfolio
Acquisition adds potential first- and best-in-class asset, enhancing Novo Nordisk’s portfolio for treatment of MASH, one of the most prevalent obesity related comorbiditiesAkero Therapeutics’s FGF21 analogue efruxifermin is the only treatment to show significant fibrosis regression in phase 2 in patients with compensated cirrhosis (F4)Novo Nordisk to acquire Akero Therapeutics for 54 USD per share (4.7 billion USD) in cash at closing with a contingent value right (CVR) of 6 USD per share (0.5 bi
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