SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 30, 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 oral presentations and an upcoming poster presentation at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress 2025 taking place May 7-10, 2025, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Details for the presentations are as follows: Oral presentation 1 Title: Efruxifermin improves fibrosis in participants with compensated cirrhosis due to MASH: results of a 96-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial (SYMMETRY)Speaker: Mazen Noureddin, M.D., M.H.Sc., Professor of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital and Director, Houston Research InstituteDate/Time: Friday, May 9, 2025, from 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM CETPresentation ID: GS-012Oral Session: General Session 2 Oral presentation 2 Title: Alignment of response assessed by non-invasive fibrosis biomarkers and HistoIndex AI-based qFibrosis histology in metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH) clinical trials: a new roadmap for robust drug efficacy assessment demonstrated in the HARMONY trialSpeaker: Prof. Quentin M. Anstee, Ph.D., FRCP, Ruth & Lionel Jacobson Chair of Personalised Medicine, Dean of Research & Innovation in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UKDate/Time: Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 10:30 – 10:45 CETPresentation ID: OS-096Oral Session: MASLD: Clinical and therapeutical aspects II Poster presentation Title: qFibrosis enables earlier detection of fibrosis response in Efruxifermin-treated patients with F2-F3 MASH in 96-week HARMONY studyPresenter: Jörn M. Schattenberg, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director of the Department of Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, University of SaarlandDate/Time: Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 8:30 – 16:00 CETPresentation ID: TOP-458Session: Poster - MASLD: Therapy About Akero Therapeutics Akero Therapeutics is a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic diseases marked by high unmet medical need, including metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Akero’s lead product candidate, efruxifermin (EFX), is currently being evaluated in three ongoing Phase 3 clinical studies: SYNCHRONY Histology in patients with pre-cirrhotic (F2-F3 fibrosis) MASH, SYNCHRONY Outcomes in patients with compensated cirrhosis (F4) due to MASH, and SYNCHRONY Real-World in patients with MASH or MASLD (Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease). The Phase 3 SYNCHRONY program builds on the results of two Phase 2b clinical trials, the HARMONY study in patients with pre-cirrhotic MASH and the SYMMETRY study in patients with compensated cirrhosis due to MASH. Akero is headquartered in South San Francisco. Visit us at akerotx.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X for more information. Investor Contact:Christina TartagliaPrecision AQ212.362.1200christina.tartaglia@precisionaq.com Media Contact:Peg RusconiDeerfield Group617.910.6217Peg.rusconi@deerfieldgroup.com