Introduction
PegBio Co Ltd is a China-based company principally engaged in the discovery and development of innovative therapies. The Company's main product PB-119, is a self-developed, near-commercialized, long-acting glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1, a peptide hormone that decreases blood sugar levels) receptor agonist. The Company's product candidates include PB-718, PB-1902, PB-722, PB-2301 and PB-2309. The Company's products are mainly used to treat chronic and metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM, also known as type 2 diabetes), obesity, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), opioid-induced constipation (OIC, a gastrointestinal disorder induced by the usage of opioid drugs) and congenital hyperinsulinemia (a rare endocrine disease whose patients experience constant hypoglycemia).
