Intercept quiet on NASH safety data disclosure concerns
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Intercept Pharmaceuticals is not commenting on reports that the company did not appropriately disclose safety information about its lead drug candidate obeticholic acid (OCA), but Intercept released a set of e-mail messages on 22 May that show the company knew about OCA's impacts on cholesterol in the investigator-sponsored FLINT trial as early as 6 January.
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