GLMD vs LIXT Comparison

Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd is a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the development and commercialization of once-daily, oral therapy for the treatment of liver diseases and cholesterol gallstones utilizing its synthetic fatty-acid/bile-acid conjugate (FABAC), called aramchol. Its product, aramchol, is a disease-modifying treatment for fatty liver disorders, including Non-Alcoholic Steato-hepatitis. Aramchol affects liver fat metabolism and has been shown in a Phase IIa clinical study to reduce liver fat content, as well as improve metabolic parameters associated with Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings Inc is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients' lives by developing a drug class called Protein Phosphatase 2A inhibitors. Its product pipeline is focused on inhibitors of protein phosphatase 2A, used in combination with cytotoxic agents and/or x-rays, immune checkpoint blockers, and other cancer therapies. The Company believes that inhibitors of protein phosphatases have therapeutic potential for a broad range of cancers. It focuses on the clinical development of a specific protein phosphatase inhibitor, referred to as LB-100, which has been shown to have clinical anti-cancer activity at doses that produce little or no toxicity.