Its lead drug candidate is VK2809, an orally available tissue and receptor-subtype selective agonist of the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TR), which is in Phase IIb clinical trials to treat patients with biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, as well as NAFLD
Key outcomes included major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), venous thromboembolism (VTE), kidney disease progression, and all-cause mortality, an outcome spectrum highly relevant to patients with SLE and T2D
Serious side effects and warnings Trulicity carries a Boxed Warning for thyroid C-cell tumors in rats, but it is unknown whether Trulicity would cause this type of cancer in humans
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More importantly, platelets can release a potent, long-term anti-inflammatory protein called IL-1 RA