SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MBRX) announced today that MB07803 met its primary efficacy endpoint with results demonstrating a statistically and clinically significant reduction in fasting plasma glucose (FPG) at day 28 in its Phase 2a clinical trial. The study also showed that MB07803 was safe and well tolerated. MB07803 is Metabasis’ product candidate for the treatment of type 2 diabetes that acts by inhibiting fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase).