RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS INC (RYTM)

Company Profile

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in developing and commercializing peptide therapeutics for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and genetic deficiencies. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and currently employs 177 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2017-10-05. The firm is focused on advancing its lead asset, IMCIVREE (setmelanotide), as a precision medicine designed to treat hyperphagia and severe obesity caused by rare melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) pathway diseases. IMCIVREE is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for chronic weight management in adult and pediatric patients six years of age and older with monogenic or syndromic obesity due to proopiomelanocortin (POMC), proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1 (PCSK1) or leptin receptor (LEPR) deficiency as determined by an FDA-approved test demonstrating variants in POMC, PCSK1, or LEPR genes that are interpreted as pathogenic, likely pathogenic, or of uncertain significance (VUS); or Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). The company is evaluating setmelanotide in Phase II and III trials for the treatment of obesity due to variants in one of numerous genes associated with the MC4R pathway.

Company Info

RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS INC

222 Berkeley Street, 12th Floor Boston

Boston MASSACHUSETTS 02116

P: 18572644280

CEO: David P. Meeker

Employees: 177

Website: http://www.rhythmtx.com