Aardvark Therapeutics Inc (AARD) Precio

Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California and currently employs 40 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2025-02-13. The firm targets biological pathways associated with alleviating hunger that has the potential to deliver transformative outcomes for patients. The company is focused on developing selective compounds, targeting Bitter Taste Receptors (TAS2Rs) for hunger-associated conditions. Its initial compounds target TAS2Rs expressed in the gut lumen, which normally respond to the nutrients in food and participate in the gut-brain axis. Its wholly owned lead product candidate, ARD-101 (denatonium acetate monohydrate), is an oral gut-restricted small-molecule agonist of certain TAS2Rs expressed in the gut lumen for which it has initiated a Phase III clinical trial for hyperphagia associated with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS).