
PegBio Co., Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the research and development of medicines for chronic diseases in China. Its products include PB-119, a glucagon like peptide 1 receptor agonist for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. The company’s PB-718 a long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist, that have completed b/IIa clinical trials for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (PB-718 for obesity and NASH); and PB-1902 an Opioid receptor antagonist, which is in phase II clinical trials for the treatment of opioids constipation and obesity. It is also developing GLP-1 for the first-line treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity; and PB-722 that has completed the FDA orphan drug qualification certification for use in the treatment of congenital hyperinsulinemia.