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completed a $52 million series B round to advance MDR-001, its AI-discovered oral small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist, which is in phase III trials for obesity in China
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It starts at 2 mg/week (one 8 mg vial per month) and steps up only if clinically indicated 4 mg/week, then 6 mg/week toward an 812 mg/week maintenance target