FractylFractyl Laboratories announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its Revita DMR type 2 diabetes treatment.

Lexington, Mass.-based Fractyl’s Revita DMR treatment is an outpatient endoscopic procedure designed to resurface the upper intestine lining (duodenal mucosa) in metabolic disease for patients with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes. Preliminary clinical findings suggest that the treatment could decrease insulin resistance, improve glucose control, lower weight and reduce liver fat.

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