March 11 (Reuters) - Metacrine, Inc. MTCR.O :
* METACRINE TO PRESENT FINAL RESULTS FROM PHASE 1 TRIAL OF
MET642,
AN OPTIMIZED FXR AGONIST, AT THE 2021 NASH-TAG CONFERENCE
* METACRINE, INC. - MET642 DEMONSTRATED BOTH AN ENCOURAGING
SAFETY
AND TOLERABILITY PROFILE IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS
* METACRINE, INC. - MET642 DEMONSTRATED SUSTAINED FXR TARGET
ENGAGEMENT AFTER 14 DAYS OF DAILY ORAL DOSING
* METACRINE, INC. - THERE WERE NO SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS,
AND ALL
TREATMENT-EMERGENT ADVERSE EVENTS WERE MILD TO MODERATE IN
SEVERITY FOR MET642
* METACRINE, INC. - MET642 WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED
LEVELS OF LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (LDL) CHOLESTEROL OR REPORTS
OF PRURITUS
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