San Diego biotech news: Startup gets funding for drug that tackles overeating

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Local biopharmaceutical startup, Aardvark Therapeutics landed $85 million in financing to support its lead drug that tackles overeating and obesity.Aardvark Therapeutics will use the money to advan…

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The company’s latest financing was led by Decheng Capital, a Northern California firm that invests in early stage life science companies.Founded in 2018, and previously known as Zense-Life Inc. the company has 25 employees and is headquartered in Carlsbad. It is also helmed by three alums of Dexcom, the San Diego public company that has been a leader in developing and manufacturing continuous glucose monitors for more than two decades.

In addition to advancing seralutinib for pulmonary arterial hypertension applications, the companies want “to accelerate development in pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease ” to reach more patients globally.

 

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