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Gelesis
Gelesis is a privately held biotechnology company located in Boston, Massachusetts. The company is developing orally administered medical devices made out of food ingredients that, when taken with water, expand in the stomach to give a feeling of satiety. The particles mix with food, keeping it in the stomach longer and slowing the absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Gelesis' first investigational device, Gelesis100, is currently in proof of concept clinical studies for the treatment of obesity.