PMGC Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ELAB) ("PMGC" or the "Company") today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NorthStrive Biosciences, Inc. ("NorthStrive"), has filed two new U.S. patent applications expanding the Company's EL-22 and EL-32 intellectual property portfolio into potential human pharmaceutical applications for the preservation of lean muscle mass during GLP-1 and obesity-related weight loss. The applications have been assigned U.S. Patent Application Nos. 19/709,895 (EL-22) and 19/709,950 (EL-32).

The new patent applications build on NorthStrive's previously announced intellectual property strategy for EL-22 and EL-32 and represent a strategic expansion from animal health and agricultural applications into potential human-use applications. The filings are directed toward preserving lean muscle mass in human patients experiencing muscle loss from sarcopenia, obesity-related weight loss treatment, malnutrition, neurogenic atrophy, or physical inactivity.