89bio, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California and currently employs 17 full-time employees. The firm is focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of liver and cardio-metabolic diseases. The Company’s lead product candidate, BIO89-100, a specifically engineered glycoPEGylated analog of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), is being developed for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). FGF21 is a metabolic hormone that regulates energy expenditure and glucose and lipid metabolism.