Time For Oral Incretins To Prove Their Worth

Several crucial trial readouts in diabetes and obesity will come this year and next, and the stakes are high.  

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Pfizer Inc.’s decision late last week to shelve the twice-daily form of its oral GLP-1 danuglipron means the US giant has slipped down the rankings of companies trying to bring oral forms of incretin drugs – the wildly successful therapies for diabetes and obesity – to market.

Key Takeaways
  • Several groups, including recent entrants Roche and AstraZeneca, are pursuing oral incretins for diabetes and obesity

And this week a new player entered this space: Roche Holding AG obtained a Phase I-stage oral incretin, CT-996,...

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