Sagimet Biosciences Inc

NASDAQ:SGMT

Sagimet Biosciences Inc is a US-based company operating in Biotechnology industry. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California and currently employs 10 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2023-07-14. Sagimet Biosciences Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. 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 nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). In addition to NASH, 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 II clinical trial for moderate to severe acne vulgaris, and a Phase III trial for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in combination with bevacizumab.