belite bio inc is a san diego based clinical stage biopharmaceutical drug development company targeting untreatable age-related metabolic diseases, including macular degeneration, liver disease and diabetes. developed from our anti-rbp4 technology platform, our lead candidate, lbs-008, is currently in a phase i clinical trial for dry age-related macular degeneration and its juvenile form, stargardt disease. lbs-008 has received orphan drug status in the us and europe, as well as rare pediatric disease status in the us.