Zealand Pharma A/S is a biotechnology company, which engages in the discovery, design, and development of peptide based medicines. The firm is focused on the discovery, design and development of peptide-based medicines for metabolic and gastrointestinal diseases and other rare disease areas with unmet medical needs. The firm's peptide-based product candidates includes clinical development, registration and, potentially, commercialization. Its pipeline includes three product candidates in clinical development: glepaglutide, which is being developed to treat short bowel syndrome, or SBS; dasiglucagon formulated for use in a dual-hormone artificial pancreas system for better diabetes management; and dasiglucagon for use in the treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism. The firm operates in Denmark and the USA and has a portfolio of medicines and product candidates, including collaborations with Boehringer Ingelheim.
