Marcadia Biotech Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Marcadia Biotech aims to attack diabetes through weight loss. The start-up struck a deal with Merck for a glucagon and GLP-1 dual agonist that suppresses appetite while increasing metabolism in animal obesity models. Marcadia also has a first-in-class GLP-1 and gastric-inhibitory peptide molecule now in Phase 1 testing, again designed to reduce appetite to control diabetes.