X-Cell Medical's mission is to discover and develop alternative drugs for device-drug combinations, believing that the drug in such combination products is the most valuable component. The company has in-house expertise in drug discovery, formulation, and polymer coatings, as well as a deep set of cardiovascular device experience, coming from its medical advisory board, which consists of some of the most influential cardiology device users in the world.
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Intended as obesity monotherapy and for combination with the firm’s GLP-1 analog, MET-0233i showed best-in-class efficacy with placebo-like tolerability at low doses.
