NeuroBo stock rises ~10% on FDA nod to start trial of liver drug

Iryna Drozd
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ:NRBO) investigational new drug (IND) application seeking to start a trial of liver disease drug DA-1241.
- The company plans to begin a two-part, phase 2a trial of DA-1241 to treat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in Q3 2023.
- The study will include people with presumed NASH and confirmed pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
- "In Phase 1a/1b clinical studies, DA-1241 was well tolerated in both healthy volunteers and in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)," said Joe Hooker, interim president and CEO, NeuroBo.
- NRBO +12.41% to $0.77 premarket May 2