Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.·Healthcare

Results from Study AM-001 mark a pivotal advance through the transition to a once daily lower 400mg dose of AM enabling: Production of GMP clinical batch for Galmed's upcoming clinical trials Solidification and prolongation of Aramchol's IP protection Potential reduction in drug CoGs by ~50% Improvement in patients' convenience and compliance upon potential commercialization RAMAT-GAN, Israel, May 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLMD) ("Galmed" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company for liver disease and GI oncological therapeutics, announced today major milestone results from a Phase 1 PK study in healthy subjects (Study AM-001).

Novel vascularized, sensor-embedded cardiac organoid model will focus on chronic post-MI remodeling and HFpEF, linking lipid metabolism, SCD1 activity, fibrosis, and impaired tissue repair REHOVOT, Israel and RAMAT-GAN, Israel, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tissue Dynamics Ltd. and Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLMD - Get Free Report) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 502,390 shares, a growth of 2,578.7% from the March 31st total of 18,755 shares. Approximately 11.4% of the company's shares are short sold.

Recently, Galmed announced breakthrough medicinal chemistry work converting Aramchol into a brain-penetrant SCD1 inhibitor, potentially positioning Aramchol as a first-in-class therapy for synucleinopathies and other CNS diseases. Among CNS unmet conditions, brain metastasis (BM) remains a lethal progression of the primary cancer in urgent need of novel and effective therapies.

Galmed said it developed a new formulation of its SCD1 inhibitor, Aramchol, designed to cross the blood-brain barrier and target central nervous system diseases.

98% of drugs do not reach the brain, as the blood–brain barrier (BBB) separates peripheral blood circulation from the central nervous system (CNS). Galmed has developed, in collaboration with Barcode Nanotech, a unique proprietary formulation of Aramchol which targets the brain.
Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of therapeutics for the treatment of liver diseases. It develops Aramchol, an oral therapy, which is in Phase III study for the treatment of non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH) in patients with overweight or obesity and who are pre-diabetic or type-II-diabetes mellitus. The company also evaluates Aramchol through ARRIVE Study, a Phase IIa clinical trial with HIV-associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and lipodystrophy. In addition, it engages in the development of Amilo-5MER, a 5 amino acid synthetic peptide methionine, threonine, alanine, aspartic acid, and valine. It has a research agreement with Gannex Pharma Co., Ltd. to develop a combination therapy of ASC41 (THR-beta agonist) and Aramchol (SCD 1 inhibitor) for the treatment of NASH; a research and development collaboration agreement with MyBiotics Pharma Ltd. to identify the selected microbiome repertoire associated with the response to Aramchol; and a license agreement with Samil Pharma. Co., Ltd. for the commercialization of Aramchol in the Republic of Korea. Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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