CBAY Cymabay Therapeutics Inc. gains 19% Jul 31, 2017

Cymabay Therapeutics, Inc. focuses on developing therapies to treat metabolic diseases. Its key clinical development candidates comprise MBX-8025, a selective agonist that is in a third Phase II clinical trial in patients with primary biliary cholangitis; and Arhalofenate, which completed five Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of gout. The company's product candidate also includes MBX-2982, an oral, G-protein coupled receptor agonist to treat type II diabetes. Cymabay Therapeutics, Inc. has a development and license agreements with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop and discover undisclosed metabolic disease target agonists for the treatment of type II diabetes and other disorders; and a license and development agreement with DiaTex, Inc. to develop and commercialize therapeutic products. The company was formerly known as Metabolex, Inc. Cymabay Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is based in Newark, California. http://www.priceseries.com/trade/CBAY-Cymabay-Therapeutics-Inc-stock-gains-19-percent-a-Trade-Record-by-priceSeries-2017071720170731.html