Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is ready to jump straight into a Phase II study testing two potential muscle-sparing drugs for the treatment of obesity, with an eye on combination use with existing GLP-1 agonists, and is also studying a novel internally discovered target, GPR75, in preclinical development.
Many New Frontiers Ahead For Regeneron
Chief scientific officer George Yancopoulos talked to Scrip about the company’s plans to develop muscle-sparing weight loss drugs and Regeneron’s continued expansion into new areas.
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