Intercept Boosts NASH Commercial Potential Via NICE Rare Disease Move

With Gilead snapping at its heels in NASH, Intercept will be pleased with its product's positive reimbursement recommendation in the UK for rare disease PBC; physicians will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with Intercept's offering.

NICE, the HTA body for England and Wales, has made a final appraisal determination recommending Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s FXR agonist Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) for routine use on the National Health Service (NHS) for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).

However, the company's key commercial success lays in securing approval for the product in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a much larger...

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