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STAT+: Structure Therapeutics GLP-1 pill cuts blood sugar, weight in early diabetes study

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The Structure drug, called GSBR-1290, may have a tolerability advantage: Only one participant out of 36 dropped out of the study due to drug-related side effects — a 2.8% discontinuation rate that could prove to be an advantage if confirmed in larger studies. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: EU regulator recommends expanding diabetes drug Mounjaro’s approval to include obesity

STAT

regulators in Europe on Friday recommended that the approval of Eli Lilly’s diabetes drug Mounjaro be widened to include obesity.   Doctors have been prescribing the diabetes drugs off-label for obesity, but having specific authorization could streamline the process of getting the medicines.

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STAT+: U.K. agency declines to recommend Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes

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government agency on Tuesday said that it won’t recommend Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro — part of a new class of medications that help patients lose weight — for people with type 2 diabetes without additional evidence. LONDON — A U.K. Mounjaro, also known as tirzepatide, has U.S.

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Parkinson’s disease may be helped by GLP-1 drug, new study finds

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The booming class of GLP-1 drugs that includes Ozempic and Wegovy is not only effective for diabetes and obesity, but is also showing early potential to help with conditions involving the brain, like mental health disorders , Alzheimer’s, and even, as new study results suggest — Parkinson’s disease.

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STAT+: Liver disease MASH is next target for obesity drugs in development

STAT

Type 2 diabetes is the most common – it’s long been linked to obesity, and the latest GLP-1 treatments like Wegovy and Zepbound were initially developed as diabetes drugs. But behind diabetes, the next most common disease under investigation for obesity candidates is MASH.

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STAT+: Novo Nordisk wants to be a cardiovascular company, too, with sights set on inflammation

STAT

PHILADELPHIA – Novo Nordisk, which has dominated the diabetes and obesity markets with its blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, now also wants to be a major player in heart disease. It’s also developing several treatments specific to heart disease and is acquiring a medication for high blood pressure.

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Drug development trends: insight from Thermo Fisher’s Anil Kane

European Pharmaceutical Review

During CPHI Barcelona, EPR Editor Caroline Peachey asked Anil Kane, Global Head of Technical & Scientific Affairs, Pharma Services, at Thermo Fisher Scientific about the dynamic landscape of pharmaceutical drug development. What are the trends affecting drug development today?