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<span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ddblog.labcorp.com/author/covance/">Labcorp Drug Development</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="text-on">updated on </span><a href="https://ddblog.labcorp.com/2020/04/biomarkers-diagnostics-growing-influence-on-drug-development-for-nafld-nash/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2021-06-07T16:01:31-04:00" itemprop="dateModified">Monday, June 7, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-04-30T19:50:20-04:00" itemprop="datePublished">Thursday, April 30, 2020</time></a></span></div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header home--> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>Biomarkers and diagnostics are playing an ever-increasing role in drug development. 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