Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock
Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing small-molecule therapeutics to activate innate homeostatic pathways for the treatment of metabolic diseases. Its lead product candidate is ARD-101, an oral gut-restricted small-molecule agonist of certain targeting bitter taste receptors expressed in the gut lumen, which is in the Phase 3 clinical trial for hyperphagia associated with Prader-Willi Syndrome, as well as in the Phase 2 clinical trial for hyperphagia associated with acquired hypothalamic obesity resultant from the treatment of craniopharyngioma, including surgery or radiation. The company is also developing ARD-201, which is in the Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of obesity. Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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PDS Biotechnology Corporation, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, developing a pipeline of targeted cancer immunotherapies. The company's lead product candidate is Versamune HPV, which is in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of head and neck, cervical, anal, vaginal, vulvar, and penile cancers. It also develops various product candidates, which are in preclinical trials, including PDS0102, an investigational immunotherapy utilizing tumor-associated and immunologically active T cell receptor gamma alternate reading framed protein for treating acute myeloid leukemia, prostate, and breast cancer; and PDS0103 for ovarian, breast, colorectal, and lung cancers. In addition, the company is developing PDS01ADC, a novel investigational Interleukin 12 fused antibody-drug conjugate, tumor-targeting interleukin 12 immune-cytokine that enhances the proliferation, potency, and longevity of T cells in the tumor microenvironment. Further, the company provides PDS0202, a novel investigational influenza vaccine that protects against the strains predicted to be prevalent in an upcoming flu season. It has a license and collaboration agreements with National Institutes of Health, Merck Eprova AG, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and MSD International GmbH. PDS Biotechnology Corporation was founded in 2005 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.
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