S3-E52.6 - From the Vault: AASLD 2021: The Path To Making NITs the “Gold Standard” for Drug Trials

Send us Fan MailManal Abdelmalek, Jörn Schattenberg and Ian Rowe join Stephen Harrison, Louise Campbell and Roger Green to recap NAFLD and NASH-related insights from TLMdX 2021, the AASLD annual liver meeting. This conversation focuses on crafting the most robust efficient pathway to shift the gold standard of drug development from semi-quantitative biopsy reads to intelligent use on non-invasive techniques.Opinions diverge about everything from how easy it will be to replace biopsy to exactly what that pathway might look like. What is clear is that everyone in this discussion believes with a hot passion that biopsy is a critical impediment to getting drugs approved.