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Metsera Launches As New Obesity Contender Flush With $290m

 
• By Jessica Merrill

Clive Meanwell, former CEO of The Medicines Company, will helm the new company, backed by ARCH and other investors. He talked to Scrip about the new venture. 

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Metsera is a new obesity-focused company • Source: Shutterstock

A New York City start-up backed by big investors and led by an experienced management team is looking to break into the obesity and metabolic disease space. The company, called Metsera, Inc., was publicly unveiled on 18 April but has been in operation for more than two years and already has assets in early clinical development.

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