Novo Nordisk and Echosens partner up to develop diagnostics for "silent disease"

NASH, a metabolic liver disease, has no early stage symptoms, and people therefore go undiagnosed, which the two firms are now seeking to change.
Photo: Marcus Trappaud Bjørn/ERH
Photo: Marcus Trappaud Bjørn/ERH
by mikkel aabenhus hemmingsen, translated by daniel pedersen

NASH, or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, is a focus area of Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk – however, the disease’s nature poses a particular problem when it comes to treatment as it often goes undiagnosed until it is too late.

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