#Syntis
The popularity of GLP-1s has set off a race for new and improved weight-loss drugs. One startup is developing a pill that mimics the effects of gastric bypass—no actual surgery required. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/syntis...
An Experimental Obesity Pill Mimics Gastric Bypass Surgery
A novel drug that produces a temporary coating in the small intestine could be a new strategy for weight loss—and an alternative to surgeries and GLP-1 drugs.
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April 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There has been a flurry of #clinicalreadouts for new #weightlosstherapies in the last few days, with #Roche, #VikingTherapeutics, and #Syntis all showing off new drug candidates.

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September 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
STAT+: Obesity drugmakers are testing in kids as young as 6 www.statnews.com/2026/09/15/b...
Obesity drugmakers are testing in kids as young as 6
Vera seeks kidney drug approval, early data from Syntis Bio, and other biotech news from The Readout
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September 16, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Äläpä yritä. Kärsi syntis kotona. Eli et mene Pubiin olusille.
June 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
My team at Syntis is creative and amazing. While away on travel, they added my initials to their latest tablet production to share on my return. I can't explain why, but it's very touching.
April 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
何かを口から摂取することで痩せる系はなんだかいつも心配になってしまうよ…

"Syntis Bioは小腸内に24時間持続する膜を形成し、栄養吸収を遅らせる新薬を開発している。減量手術の胃バイパス手術に近い効果があり、オゼンピックなどのGLP-1製剤に代わる肥満治療薬として期待されている。 "

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“飲む”だけで減量手術と同じ効果? GLP-1薬に代わる肥満治療薬、米国で開発中
“飲む”だけで減量手術と同じ効果? GLP-1薬に代わる肥満治療薬、米国で開発中
Syntis Bioは小腸内に24時間持続する膜を形成し、栄養吸収を遅らせる新薬を開発している。減量手術の胃バイパス手術に近い効果があり、オゼンピックなどのGLP-1製剤に代わる肥満治療薬として期待されている。
wired.jp
April 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
One of the big health stories of recent years has been GLP-1 drugs, and there’s so much research underway in the weight-loss space. We’ll be watching the sector closely, looking at the development of new drugs and how they’re being accessed and changing people’s lives.

www.wired.com/story/syntis...
An Experimental Obesity Pill Mimics Gastric Bypass Surgery
A novel drug that produces a temporary coating in the small intestine could be a new strategy for weight loss—and an alternative to surgeries and GLP-1 drugs.
www.wired.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A pill mimicking gastric bypass? Syntis Bio's SYNT-101 coats the intestine to boost fullness hormones naturally, aiming for weight loss while preserving muscle, unlike some current meds. Promising early data. #Biotech #WeightLossTech #HealthInnovation
April 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Another player enters the race to treat obesity: Syntes Bio, a Bob Langer-founded startup, has raised a $33M Series A and plans to enter the clinic this year.
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Exclusive: Bob Langer-founded Syntis Bio gets $33M Series A for obesity, rare disease drugs
A Boston biotech working on a different approach to oral obesity drugs collected a $33 million Series A, with plans to enter the clinic later this year, the company exclusively ...
endpoints.news
July 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is neat, I wonder how it would interact with IBS/Chron's or other chronic gastric inflammations located in the affected area...

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April 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Obesity-drug developers are now pushing clinical research into much younger children, including patients around age six. The move could expand treatment options dramatically, but long-term effects on growth and development remain a major scientific and regulatory question.
Obesity drugmakers are testing in kids as young as 6
Vera seeks kidney drug approval, early data from Syntis Bio, and other biotech news from The Readout
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September 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One of those is Boston-based Syntis Bio, which is working on a daily pill that mimics the effects of gastric bypass—no actual surgery required.
An Experimental Obesity Pill Mimics Gastric Bypass Surgery
A novel drug that produces a temporary coating in the small intestine could be a new strategy for weight loss—and an alternative to surgeries and GLP-1 drugs.
www.wired.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More"

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MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More
Instead of an engineered peptide to activate gut receptors to trigger metabolic effects, Syntis’s technology forms a coating in intestines that has the effect of redirecting nutrients, mimicking an effect of gastric bypass surgery. In other obesity medicine news, Protagonist Therapeutics revealed a drug candidate that puts it in competition with Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, among others. The post MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More appeared first on MedCity News.
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July 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More"

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MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More
Instead of an engineered peptide to activate gut receptors to trigger metabolic effects, Syntis’s technology forms a coating in intestines that has the effect of redirecting nutrients, mimicking an effect of gastric bypass surgery. In other obesity medicine news, Protagonist Therapeutics revealed a drug candidate that puts it in competition with Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, among others. The post MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More appeared first on MedCity News.
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July 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More"

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MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More
Instead of an engineered peptide to activate gut receptors to trigger metabolic effects, Syntis’s technology forms a coating in intestines that has the effect of redirecting nutrients, mimicking an effect of gastric bypass surgery. In other obesity medicine news, Protagonist Therapeutics revealed a drug candidate that puts it in competition with Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, among others. The post MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More appeared first on MedCity News.
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July 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
SYNT-101 offers a novel approach to weight loss by temporarily redirecting nutrient absorption in the small intestine.

Rahul Dhanda, chief executive officer of Syntis Bio and colleagues presented Poster abstract LBP4.026 at #ECO2025

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May 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Empresa cria pílula contra obesidade que promete o mesmo efeito de uma cirurgia bariátrica
Medicamento da empresa foi projetado para redirecionar a absorção de nutrientes da parte inicial para a parte final do intestino delgado A corrida em busca de medicamentos para emagrecimento ganha mais um concorrente Getty Images A popularidade do Ozempic e de outros medicamentos para emagrecimento estimulou uma corrida entre empresas para desenvolver novas opções de remédios contra a obesidade. Uma companhia que está nesta busca é a Syntis Bio, que desenvolve uma pílula de uso diário que imita os efeitos da cirurgia de bypass gástrico (um tipo de cirurgia bariátrica), mas sem necessidade de passar pelo procedimento. Segundo o portal Wired, a empresa anunciou na quinta-feira (11) dados iniciais de testes em animais e em um pequeno grupo de voluntários humanos. De acordo com a empresa, os testes indicam que a abordagem é segura e pode suprimir o apetite. Uma pesquisa feita nos meses de abril e maio do ano passado mostrou que cerca de 12% dos americanos já experimentaram algum medicamento com GLP-1 (ou semaglutida), como Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound ou Mounjaro. No entanto, uma porcentagem dessas pessoas abandona o uso, seja pelo custo ou pelos efeitos colaterais, que podem incluir náuseas e vômitos. A Syntis Bio, que tem sede em Boston, pretende lançar uma alternativa com o desenvolvimento do SYNT-101, tratamento oral experimental de administração única diária. O medicamento da empresa foi projetado para redirecionar a absorção de nutrientes da parte inicial para a parte final do intestino delgado. O efeito é semelhante ao do bypass gástrico, quando o estômago é reduzido e parte do intestino é contornado, alterando a absorção dos alimentos e promovendo saciedade com menor quantidade de comida. O medicamento da Syntis não encurta o intestino como a cirurgia faz. A proposta é criar um revestimento temporário na parte superior do intestino delgado, bloqueando a absorção de nutrientes nessa área. Com isso, os nutrientes alcançam a parte inferior do intestino, ativando hormônios de saciedade — incluindo o próprio GLP-1. Essa ação seria possível graças a dois ingredientes principais: a dopamina, uma molécula pequena mais conhecida por seu papel no cérebro, e uma pequena quantidade de peróxido de hidrogênio, informou a Wired. Ao chegar ao intestino delgado, essa combinação reage com a enzima catalase, que decompõe o peróxido de hidrogênio em água e oxigênio. Isso transforma a dopamina em polidopamina, um polímero biocompatível. Em minutos, forma-se um filme fino que reveste o intestino — temporário, com duração de cerca de 24 horas, já que o tecido se regenera rapidamente. O fármaco se baseia em pesquisas feitas no MIT pelos cientistas Giovanni Traverso, gastroenterologista e engenheiro mecânico, e Robert Langer, engenheiro químico e fundador de mais de duas dezenas de empresas de biotecnologia. “Esse material é algo que você ingere em forma de cápsula ou líquido, mas no dia seguinte já desapareceu, devido à renovação natural do revestimento intestinal”, fix Traverso. Ele e Langer fundaram a Syntis junto com Rahul Dhanda em 2022. Traverso compara o revestimento à substância que moluscos usam para se fixar a rochas. "Com o SYNT-101, acreditamos que podemos proporcionar uma perda de peso sustentável, segura e eficaz, reduzindo a gordura, preservando a massa muscular magra e estimulando a produção natural de hormônios da saciedade, incluindo o GLP-1, para prevenir o ganho de peso. Agora pretendemossemigutida replicar e expandir esses dados promissores em nosso próximo ensaio clínico de Fase 1", disse Dhanda, CEO da Syntis. Mais Lidas
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April 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM