Benzinga | Nov 12, 2020 08:34AM EST

Hepion Pharmaceuticals To Present At The Liver Meeting Digital Experience Nov. 13

EDISON, NJ / ACCESSWIRE / November 12, 2020 / Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:HEPA), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutic drugs for the treatment of liver disease arising from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis ("NASH"), today announced that it will present virtually at The Liver Meeting Digital ExperienceTM 2020, hosted by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), to be held from November 13-16, 2020.

The poster presentation will review positive findings from an expanded study, conducted by UK-based FibroFind, in which Hepion's lead candidate, CRV431, prevented experimentally induced liver fibrosis to a greater extent than four other leading NASH drug candidates in a human precision cut liver slices experimental model.

Dr. Daren Ure, Chief Scientific Officer of Hepion, who will be presenting the poster, said, "CRV431's distinguishing factor from other NASH drug candidates is that it directly targets fibrotic scar formation by down-regulating cyclophilin B, an important regulator of collagen synthesis. We look forward to discussing the study's findings, which suggest that CRV431 has the potential to complement other therapies to decrease NASH-related liver fibrosis."

Presentation Details

Superior Antifibrotic Efficacy of CRV431 in Human Precision Cut Liver Slices

Abstract Number: 0579

Session title: Experimental NAFLD and NASH

Date: Friday, November 13, 2020

Time: 6:00 am - 11:55 pm ET