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…
September 22, 2022 - 3 minutes
Obesity
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…
September 16, 2022 - 4 minutes
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…
September 14, 2022 - 4 minutes
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…
September 6, 2022 - 4 minutes
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…
January 17, 2022 - 3 minutes
Microbiome Food Supplement Improves Metabolic Syndrome in Overweight People
A food supplement made from bacteria, developed by a Belgian research group, has improved symptoms…
July 2, 2019 - 3 minutes
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…
June 11, 2018 - 2 minutes
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…
August 23, 2017 - 1 minute
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…
July 19, 2017 - 3 minutes
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…
June 30, 2017 - 2 minutes
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…
June 19, 2017 - 5 minutes
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…
April 11, 2017 - 3 minutes
