In another disappointment for the treatment of fatty liver disease, Germany’s family-owned Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the discontinuation of the development of BI 1467335 for the treatment of NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis).
BI 1467335 was acquired from Australia’s Pharmaxis (ASX: PXS) in 2015. This involved an upfront payment of 27.5 million euros ($30.6million a current exchange rates) and a total potential deal value of over A$750 million ($555 million). As part of its ambitions in the NASH arena, Boehringer also signed collaborations with Yuhan, Dicerna and Mina.
Pharmaxis shares closed trading today down more than 40% at A$0.16, having fallen as low as A$0.15.
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