Emerging from stealth mode, Aardvark rounds up enough cash to put its lead drug through Prader-Willi PhII
Josh Sullivan, Associate Editor Endpoints News – August 5 2021
When Aardvark Therapeutics CEO Tien Lee started his work on the biotech’s lead candidate, appetite suppression was the goal for the small molecule. Soon after, his team started to see added benefits with lower blood glucose levels and anti-inflammatory activity. On the tail end of that, the company has emerged from stealth mode and announced today that they’ve raised enough cash in the B round to cover mid-stage development work.