Fatty Liver Disease Drug Approval Opens New Patient Population In Imaging Market

The accelerated approval of Rezdiffra, the first drug authorized by the FDA to treat metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), presents a large opportunity for imaging and diagnostic devices.

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The approval of the first drug treatment for fatty liver disease scarring that does not require a surgical biopsy leaves the market wide open for diagnostic imaging devices.

The FDA approved the first drug for patients with moderate to advanced liver scarring (fibrosis) from MASH (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis)...

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