Our Opinion

Gemphire Therapeutics Inc. is on the Cruelty Free Investing use of animals list because they conduct Pre-clinical studies of their drugs on animals to assess a product’s safety profile.

Supporting Evidence:

Gemphire Therapeutics Inc. announced in the following press release that, “Gemphire expanded utility for Gemcabene with compelling preclinical data results demonstrating proof of concept efficacy in a well-established animal model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Read the full article.

Company Description

Gemphire Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in the development and commercialization of therapeutics to treat cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. It is developing its product candidate, gemcabene (CI-1027), which is a once-daily, oral therapy for patients who are unable to achieve normal levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or triglycerides with approved therapies, primarily statin therapy. Gemcabene is liver-directed and inhibits apolipoprotein C-III (apoC-III) protein in the liver and may inhibit acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) in the liver. [Source: GoogleFinance]

Company Website: http://www.gemphire.com