International NASH Day Adds Trusted Stakeholders as Global Day of Action Against Fatty Liver Diseases Draws Near

WASHINGTON and PARIS, May 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

The NASH Education Program™ continues its global expansion, adding respected patient organizations, trusted biotech companies, contract research organizations, and investment management firms as partners for its 1^st International NASH Day on June 12, 2018. This growing coalition of over 20 members comes together for a day of action to fight against nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a silent liver disease expected to become the leading cause for liver transplantation in the U.S. by 2020.

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"Our initiative will educate and activate physicians, patients, and populations at risk on a global scale," said Pascaline Clerc, PhD, U.S. Campaign Manager for The NASH Education Program™. "We are thrilled that so many critical NASH stakeholders will join us in this global day of action." 

The growing coalition of partners supporting the first-of-its-kind International NASH Day on June 12, 2018 includes:

• Covance
• Echosens
• IQVIA
• Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
• British Liver Trust (BLT)
• National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA)
• National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
• The Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver (ALEH)
• The Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver (AEEH)
• CM-CIC Market Solutions

The first International NASH Day will convene physicians, scientists, patients and community advocates across more than twenty cities around the world for a day of action against NASH. It will also centralize rich educational content on a dedicated platform, with interviews involving key stakeholders and the most prominent experts from the NASH ecosystem, as well as informative reports.

An overview of all this educational content is available in three languages on the 1^st International NASH Day website, which has launched today.

It is estimated that almost 12% of adults in developed countries, 19% of Hispanics and 14% of Afro-Americans, Williams, 2011 suffer from NASH - most of them unaware that they do, as NASH is asymptomatic, or "silent," in presenting no symptoms until very late in the disease's damaging trajectory. NASH is associated with the type 2 diabetes and obesity epidemics, which are affecting an alarming number of adults, children and teenagers.