Ranking Profile - Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc

Introduction

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc (Intercept) is a biopharmaceutical company that researches, develops, and commercializes treatments for non-viral, progressive liver diseases. It develops products using proprietary bile acid chemistry. The company’s lead product candidate, obeticholic acid (OCA), is a bile acid analog and first-in-class agonist of the farnesoid X receptor. The company is advancing OCA for the treatment of various other liver diseases. The company harnesses its proprietary bile acid chemistry to develop innovative drugs. It is also advancing INT-787, an FXR agonist with anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects that can be used in a broad range of diseases. The company has operations in the US, Europe, and Canada. Intercept is headquartered in New York, the US.