Ground-breaking €34 million project to develop better test for liver disease

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Clinical Trials Week -- A pioneering European research project aims to lead to new diagnostic tests to assess patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and identify those most at risk for developing severe inflammation and liver scarring.

Liver Investigation: Testing Marker Utility in Steatohepatitis (LITMUS) funded by the European Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking, brings together clinicians and scientists from prominent academic centres across Europe with companies from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). Their common goals are developing, validating and qualifying better biomarkers for testing NAFLD.

The €34 million project is co-ordinated by Newcastle University, working closely with the lead EFPIA partner, Pfizer Ltd. LITMUS will include 47 international research partners based at leading international universities and some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.

Affecting 20 - 30 % of the population worldwide, NAFLD is caused by a build-up of fat …

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(2017-12-04), Ground-breaking €34 million project to develop better test for liver disease, Clinical Trials Week, 126, ISSN: 1543-6764, BUTTER® ID: 014802147