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News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Rivus Pharmaceuticals raises $132M for treatment of obesity and cardio-metabolic disorders

Rivus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has completed a $132 million series B financing round. It was led by RA Capital Management with participation from Bain Capital Life Sciences, BB Biotech AG and existing investors Longitude Capital, Medicxi and RxCapital. The financing will further support clinical advancement of lead candidate HU6, a first-in-class controlled metabolic accelerator (CMA) designed […]

September 22, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Strategic collaboration for drug to treat NASH, obesity and diabetes announced

A conditional and exclusive license agreement to develop and commercialize a drug to treat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), obesity and type 2 diabetes has been agreed. NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals and Dong-A ST Co., announced their strategic collaboration today (September 16) for DA-1241 and DA-1726 which are currently being evaluated for treatment. DA-1241 is a novel G-Protein-Coupled Receptor […]

September 16, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 14 Sep 2022

NTU Singapore opens microbiome research center to study obesity and chronic diseases

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created the Centre for Microbiome Medicine – a research facility that aims to improve human health and find new ways to treat diseases by leveraging the microbiome, which are naturally present microorganisms that play a vital role in our wellbeing. The research centre at NTU Singapore’s Lee Kong […]

September 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Sep 2022

Innovent starts trial of mazdutide in Chinese adults with obesity

Innovent Biologics, Inc. says the first participant has been successfully dosed in the higher-dose cohort of a phase 2 clinical trial of mazdutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) and glucagon receptor (GCGR) dual agonist, in Chinese adults with obesity. This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of mazdutide […]

September 6, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Jan 2022

Swiss Startup Signs on with Novo Nordisk to Discover Obesity Treatments

The Swiss startup EraCal Therapeutics has signed a research partnership with the Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk to search for treatments controlling food intake and other factors contributing to obesity. Under the joint project, EraCal and Novo Nordisk will research targets for obesity treatments by identifying molecules that can control appetite and improve metabolic health. […]

January 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Dan Samorodnitsky

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News and Trends 2 Jul 2019

Microbiome Food Supplement Improves Metabolic Syndrome in Overweight People

A food supplement made from bacteria, developed by a Belgian research group, has improved symptoms of the metabolic syndrome including insulin resistance and high blood cholesterol levels in overweight volunteers at risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The metabolic syndrome is a collection of conditions including high blood cholesterol, insulin resistance and high […]

July 2, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 11 Jun 2018

Danish Biotech Plans Phase II Study to Fight A Rare Eating Disorder

Saniona, a biotech focused on ion channel research, plans to test its lead candidate in a Phase IIa study for the rare eating disorder hypothalamic obesity. Saniona, based in Copenhagen, plans to start a Phase IIa trial testing its product, Tesomet, a combination of tesofensine and metoprolol, in hypothalamic obesity. The study would complement the […]

June 11, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

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News and Trends 23 Aug 2017

Boehringer Ingelheim Enters the Clinic with Two New Diabetes Drugs

Boehringer Ingelheim starts two new Phase I trials with drugs intended to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity discovered through a partnership with Danish biotech Zealand. The new Phase I trials initiated by Boehringer Ingelheim will be conducted in Germany, with results expected at the end of 2018. The drugs evaluated will be a long-acting […]

August 23, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 19 Jul 2017

FREE White Paper! All You need to Know about Omics and Body Fat

What do you think when you hear the word ‘lipid’? I bet your thoughts include fat, energy, hormones, maybe cells? But what if I told you that lipids can also be considered as biomarkers? Very important biomarkers too that can be analyzed and identified using multiparametric statistical analysis! With more and more research focusing on […]

July 19, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Startup Scout 30 Jun 2017

This Danish Biotech Thinks it Can Tackle the Obesity Epidemic

Apart from boasting big players in the space of metabolic diseases including Novo Nordisk and Zealand Pharma, Copenhagen is a hotspot for research on obesity and diabetes. This week we had a look at Copenhagen’s latest addition to the field, Antag Therapeutics. Mission: Antag Therapeutics is working on new treatments for the growing number of patients with obesity. […]

June 30, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 19 Jun 2017

This Company Uses the Human Microbiome to Discover New Disease Mechanisms

A whole new avenue to human health and disease could soon be accessible, thanks to the human tissue microbiome. Vaiomer has found a way to make it possible! Has anyone else ever been unsettled by the idea that the human body hosts about 10 times more microbes than human cells? Although this might seem an […]

June 19, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 11 Apr 2017

French Microbiome Startup Gets a Series A Funding Boost to Regulate Appetite

The French biotech startup TargEDys has extended its series A funding initiated in April 2016 by €3.5M to accelerate the development of its pipeline. After raising an initial €5.8M in a series A funding round from big names like Seventure Partners, TargEDys has now raked an additional €3.5M from the Zaluvida group. The company has also appointed Christoph […]

April 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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Rivus Pharmaceuticals raises $132M for treatment of obesity and cardio-metabolic disorders

Strategic collaboration for drug to treat NASH, obesity and diabetes announced

NTU Singapore opens microbiome research center to study obesity and chronic diseases

Innovent starts trial of mazdutide in Chinese adults with obesity

Swiss Startup Signs on with Novo Nordisk to Discover Obesity Treatments

Microbiome Food Supplement Improves Metabolic Syndrome in Overweight People

Danish Biotech Plans Phase II Study to Fight A Rare Eating Disorder

Boehringer Ingelheim Enters the Clinic with Two New Diabetes Drugs

FREE White Paper! All You need to Know about Omics and Body Fat

This Danish Biotech Thinks it Can Tackle the Obesity Epidemic

This Company Uses the Human Microbiome to Discover New Disease Mechanisms

French Microbiome Startup Gets a Series A Funding Boost to Regulate Appetite

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