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Sagimet Announces Oral Presentation at the 8th Annual MASH Drug Development Summit
SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sagimet Biosciences Inc. (Sagimet, Nasdaq: SGMT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sagimet Biosciences Inc. (Sagimet, Nasdaq: SGMT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibitors designed to target dysfunctional metabolic and fibrotic pathways, today announced that an oral presentation highlighting denifanstat’s anti-fibrotic activity in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) will be given at the 8th Annual MASH Drug Development Summit being held in Boston on September 24-26, 2024. MASH Drug Development Summit Presentation Details: Presentation Title: Demonstrating denifanstat’s differentiated approach in MASH with mechanistic and clinical data showing direct anti-fibrotic activityPresenter: Marie O’Farrell, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Sagimet BiosciencesSession: Showcasing Antifibrotic Progress, Past Learnings & Innovations to Supercharge MASH Drug DevelopmentDate and time: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 4:15 – 4:45pm ET About Sagimet Biosciences Sagimet is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibitors that are designed to target dysfunctional metabolic pathways in diseases resulting from the overproduction of the fatty acid, palmitate. Sagimet’s lead drug candidate, denifanstat, is an oral, once-daily pill and selective FASN inhibitor in development for the treatment of MASH. FASCINATE-2, a Phase 2b clinical trial of denifanstat in MASH with liver biopsy-based primary endpoints, was successfully completed with positive results. For additional information about Sagimet, please visit www.sagimet.com. About MASH MASH is a progressive and severe liver disease which is estimated to impact more than 115 million people worldwide, for which there is only one recently approved treatment in the United States and no currently approved treatments in Europe. In 2023, global liver disease medical societies and patient groups formalized the decision to rename non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to MASH. Additionally, an overarching term, steatotic liver disease (SLD), was established to capture multiple types of liver diseases associated with fat buildup in the liver. The goal of the name change was to establis...