CinFina Pharma, LLC – a start-up established under the privately held holding company CinRx Pharma – is advancing two novel mechanisms of action to treat obesity in early clinical trials and expects interest in obesity as a therapeutic area could pave the way for an exit through dealmaking.
CinFina Pushes Early Work In Obesity In Hopes Of A Deal
Emerging Company Profile: CinFina is advancing two novel mechanisms of action in obesity as monotherapies and in combination with GLP-1s.

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