Roche has reported early-stage clinical data with an oral GLP-1 agonist acquired as part of its $3.1 billion takeover of Carmot Therapeutics as it tries to catch up with the leaders in the
CordenPharma has launched a €900 million ($981 million) investment programme to prepare for an expected surge in demand for peptide production capacity – driven by GLP-1 receptor agonists.
Novo Nordisk’s bid to provide a once-weekly basal insulin product for people with diabetes, reducing the number of injections needed, has hit a major hurdle in the US.
Shares in Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have been under pressure after a study emerged suggesting that people taking a GLP-1 agonist had an elevated risk of a rare but serious eye condition.
A decades-old drug used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood has been shown to reduce the progression of vision-robbing retinopathy in people with diabetes.
Three people with type 1 diabetes who received Vertex Pharma’s islet cell therapy VX-880 have been able to come off insulin altogether within a year, raising the prospect of a life without
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