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Dong-A ST

A Dong-A Socio Holdings pharmaceutical company focused on ethical drugs, including domestically developed new drugs, overseas business, and diagnostics, medical devices and digital healthcare.

Stillen / Motilitone / Zydena

Marketed

Products the company presents as its flagship domestically developed new drugs; Stillen is a gastritis treatment.

DA-1726

Phase 1

Oxyntomodulin-analog obesity candidate acting on both GLP-1 and glucagon receptors, developed with affiliate MetaVia; the 48 mg high-dose cohort of the global phase 1 showed an average 9.1% weight reduction at day 54.

DA-1241

Phase 2

Candidate for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and type 2 diabetes that has completed a global phase 2a trial.

Cheonan, Daegu and Songdo campuses

Service

The Cheonan campus makes tablets, capsules and general and oncology injectables; the Daegu campus makes Growtropin pens and vials and prefilled syringes; the Songdo campus, completed in 2022, is preparing for tablet production.

Announced

Signed an exclusive Korean distribution agreement with Salted for NeuroGait, a smart-insole AI gait analysis solution; Dong-A ST handles distribution, sales and marketing, and Salted handles product supply and technical support.

Announced

The Dong-A Socio Group built the AI drug discovery platform AIDDP and began applying AI across its R&D work.

Completion reported

Reported record quarterly revenue of 207.8 billion won for the second quarter of 2026, with growth across all business divisions.

Announced

With MetaVia, presented high-dose phase 1 results for DA-1726 at the American Diabetes Association (ADA); no serious treatment-related adverse events or discontinuations were reported.

Sources & coverage 6

A brief based on selected official material, not an exhaustive product or vacancy list.

  1. Introduction ↗Dong-A ST · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-25
  2. Dong-A ST ↗Dong-A ST · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-25
  3. News ↗Dong-A ST · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-25
  4. 동아에스티·메타비아 "DA-1726, 고용량 임상 1상서 최대 9.1% 체중 감소" ↗데일리한국 · Published 2026-06-09 · Sources checked 2026-10-25
  5. Plant ↗Dong-A ST · Published Date unconfirmed · Sources checked 2026-10-25
  6. 동아ST, AI 보행분석 솔루션 '뉴로게이트' 국내 독점 판매 ↗코메디닷컴 · Published 2026-10-20 · Sources checked 2026-10-25