AstraZeneca-allied Eccogene targets early 2025 Nasdaq IPO with multiple NASH candidates

Ec­co­gene, a Boston and Shang­hai biotech work­ing on an oral GLP-1 can­di­date with As­traZeneca, is con­sid­er­ing an ini­tial pub­lic of­fer­ing ear­ly next year, CEO Jingye Zhou told End­points News.

The com­pa­ny is gear­ing up for mul­ti­ple mid-stage tests in NASH, a form of fat­ty liv­er dis­ease now known as meta­bol­ic dys­func­tion-as­so­ci­at­ed steato­hep­ati­tis. The 40-em­ploy­ee biotech would like­ly raise a crossover round first and then eye a Nas­daq IPO in ear­ly 2025, Zhou said.

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