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Aardvark Therapeutics (AARD) Is Down 56.5% After Pausing Phase 3 HERO Trial for ARD-101
Aardvark Therapeutics recently voluntarily paused its Phase 3 HERO trial of ARD-101 for hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome, and no longer expects to report topline data in the third quarter of 2026, with updated guidance now planned for the second quarter of 2026.
The pause affects Aardvark’s lead asset in a rare disease setting where ARD-101 already holds both Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Disease designations from the FDA.
We will now examine how the pause of the HERO Phase 3 trial for...