July 15 (Reuters) - Pliant Therapeutics Inc PLRX.O :
* PLIANT THERAPEUTICS ANNOUNCES POSITIVE LONG-TERM DATA FROM
THE
INTEGRIS-PSC PHASE 2A TRIAL DEMONSTRATING BEXOTEGRAST WAS WELL
TOLERATED AT 320 MG WITH CONTINUED ANTIFIBROTIC AND
ANTI-CHOLESTATIC ACTIVITY DISPLAYED ACROSS MULTIPLE MEASURES
* PLIANT THERAPEUTICS- BEXOTEGRAST AT 320 MG WAS WELL
TOLERATED UP
TO 40 WEEKS OF TREATMENT WITH NO TREATMENT-RELATED SEVERE OR
SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS
* PLIANT THERAPEUTICS INC - CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN
HEPATOCYTE
FUNCTION AND BILE FLOW BY CONTRAST MRI IMAGING OBSERVED FROM
WEEK 12 TO WEEK 24
* PLIANT THERAPEUTICS INC - 320 MG COHORT DEMONSTRATED
IMPROVEMENT
IN LIVER STIFFNESS BY TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY AT WEEK 24 COMPARED
TO PLACEBO
* PLIANT THERAPEUTICS INC - STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENT
IN ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (ALP) LEVELS OVER 24 WEEKS COMPARED TO
PLACEBO
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