Hepion Pharmaceuticals Inc

NASDAQ:HEPA

Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of drug therapy for treatment of chronic liver diseases. The company is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey and currently employs 20 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2014-02-07. The firm is focused on the development of drug therapy for treatment of chronic liver diseases. This therapeutic approach targets fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) associated with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), viral hepatitis and other liver diseases. The Company’s cyclophilin inhibitor, CRV431, offer benefits to address these multiple complex pathologies. CRV431 is a pan cyclophilin inhibitor that targets multiple pathologic pathways involved in the progression of liver disease. The firm has created an AI platform, called AI-POWR, which stands for Artificial Intelligence Precision Medicine Omics World database access and Response and clinical outcomes. The platform helps to identify which NASH patients will best respond to CRV431, potentially shortening development timelines and increasing the delta between placebo and treatment groups.