SAGIMET BIOSCIENCES INC-A (SGMT)

Company Profile

Sagimet Biosciences, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of infectious diseases. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California and currently employs 10 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2023-07-14. The firm is engaged in developing therapeutics called fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibitors that target dysfunctional metabolic pathways in diseases resulting from the overproduction of the fatty acid, palmitate. The firm's lead drug candidate, denifanstat, is an oral, once-daily pill and the selective FASN inhibitor in development for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). In addition to MASH, the Company is evaluating denifanstat in acne and in select forms of cancer, disease areas in which dysregulation of fatty acid metabolism also plays a key role. Denifanstat is being tested in a Phase III clinical trial for moderate to severe acne vulgaris, and a Phase III trial for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in combination with bevacizumab.

Company Info

SAGIMET BIOSCIENCES INC-A

155 Bovet Rd., Suite 303

San Mateo CALIFORNIA

P: 16505618600

Employees: 10

Website: https://sagimet.com/