About Akero Therapeutics Inc - Company Information, Overview, History and Profile

Akero Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing transformative treatments for serious metabolic diseases with high unmet medical needs. Its focus is nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (MASH), or NASH, a disease without any approved therapies. The company's product candidate efruxifermin is an FGF21 analog with properties that have the potential to address the core processes underlying NASH pathogenesis.