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Date | Price Target | Rating | Analyst |
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9/4/2025 | $72.00 | Buy | H.C. Wainwright |
8/4/2025 | $76.00 | Buy | TD Cowen |
1/30/2025 | $35.00 → $63.00 | Neutral → Buy | BofA Securities |
1/27/2025 | $50.00 → $72.00 | Buy | H.C. Wainwright |
11/18/2024 | $65.00 | Buy | Citigroup |
4/22/2024 | $30.00 | Neutral | BofA Securities |
9/19/2023 | $69.00 | Overweight | Cantor Fitzgerald |
8/28/2023 | $83.00 | Buy | UBS |
Shareholders to Receive $54 Per Share in Cash and CVR of $6 Per Share Advances Akero's Mission of Bringing Novel Therapies to Patients with High Unmet Medical Needs SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. ("Akero") (NASDAQ:AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic diseases marked by high unmet medical need, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Novo Nordisk A/S ("Novo Nordisk") for up to $5.2 billion in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Akero shareholders will receive $54.00 per share in cash at closing and a non-transferable
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic diseases marked by high unmet medical need, today announced two upcoming oral presentations and a poster presentation at the 76th Annual American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) The Liver Meeting® 2025 taking place November 7-11, 2025, in Washington, DC. The presentations will highlight findings from the 96-week Phase 2b SYMMETRY study evaluating the safety and efficacy of lead product candidate efruxifermin (EFX) in patients with compensated cirrhosis (F4c) due to metab
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic diseases marked by high unmet medical need, today announced that management will present at the Morgan Stanley 23rd Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 10:45 a.m. E.T. in New York, NY. A live webcast of the Company presentation will be available through the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.akerotx.com. Following the live webcast, an archived replay will be available on the Company's website. About Akero TherapeuticsAkero Therapeut
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H.C. Wainwright resumed coverage of Akero Therapeutics with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $72.00
TD Cowen initiated coverage of Akero Therapeutics with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $76.00
BofA Securities upgraded Akero Therapeutics from Neutral to Buy and set a new price target of $63.00 from $35.00 previously
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-- Initiated Phase 3 SYNCHRONY Outcomes Trial of Lead Candidate Efruxifermin (EFX) in Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis (F4) Due to MASH -- Presented Poster and Late-breaking Oral Presentation on EFX at the EASL Congress 2024 -- -- Leadership Team Expanded with Addition of Scott Gangloff as Chief Technical Officer -- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic diseases marked by high unmet medical need, today reported second quarter financial results for the period ending June 30, 2024 and provided business updates. "The second
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic disease, today announced the appointment of Scott Gangloff as Chief Technology Officer. "I am delighted to welcome Scott to Akero. His depth of experience leading drug manufacturing for both national and multi-national biopharmaceutical organizations enriches our company with an invaluable perspective during the late-stage clinical development of efruxifermin," remarked Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Akero. "The entire leadership team looks forward to
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic disease marked by high unmet medical need, today announced the appointment of Patrick Lamy as Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy. "Akero is thrilled to welcome Patrick to the team, especially following last year's HARMONY study results, which further demonstrate EFX's potential to treat NASH holistically and reverse fibrosis rapidly," said Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Akero. "Patrick's extensive experience in liver disease, and commercial stra
Among patients with baseline and week 96 biopsies, 39% of the 50mg EFX group (p=0.009) demonstrated ≥1 stage improvement in fibrosis with no worsening of MASH, representing a 24% effect size over placebo at 15% By ITT analysis, with all missing week 96 biopsies treated as failures, 29% of the 50mg EFX group (p=0.031) demonstrated ≥1 stage improvement in fibrosis with no worsening of MASH, representing a 17% effect size over placebo at 12% Investor webcast at 8:00 am ET Monday, January 27, 2025 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious me
Investor webcast on Monday, January 27, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. ET to present clinical data SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic disease marked by high unmet medical need, will hold an investor conference on Monday, January 27, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. ET to share preliminary topline week 96 results from its SYMMETRY study, a double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2b study evaluating the efficacy of efruxifermin (EFX) in patients with compensated cirrhosis (F4) due to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Conferenc
50mg (75%, p<0.001) and 28mg (46%, p=0.07) EFX groups demonstrated ≥1 stage improvement in fibrosis without worsening of MASH, approximately three- and two-fold the placebo rate (24%) 50mg (36%, p<0.01) and 28mg (31%, p<0.01) EFX groups demonstrated ≥2 stage improvement in fibrosis without worsening of MASH, more than 10-fold the placebo rate (3%) EFX-treated patients experienced statistically significant improvements on nearly all histological endpoints by ITT analysis as well as the primary analysis of patients with week 96 biopsies Investor webcast at 8:00 am ET Monday, March 4, 2024 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics,
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