Nearly all of the world's top pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop new oral GLP-1 drugs, including: Amgen®, AstraZenca, Eli Lilly, Merck®, Novo Nordisk®, Pfizer®, and Roche®.

Americans spent an estimated $71.7 billion on GLP-1 drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy in 2023, a 500 percent increase from their spending on such drugs five years earlier, according to a research ...

The Monell team and colleagues identified that GLP-1 receptor agonists, a class of drugs currently used to treat type-2 diabetes and obesity, as a promising therapeutic for managing the metabolic ...

New research reveals that young adults with higher body shame and weight concerns are more likely to consider GLP-1 medications, despite significant side effects, unless buffered by strong body ...

The family of medications called GLP-1 receptor agonists includes drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound, Ozempic, Mounjaro and Victoza. They were originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, which happens ...

The prevalence of U.S. adults without diabetes who filled a GLP-1 receptor agonist prescription rose from 0.1% in 2018 to 0.4% in 2022. As a result, annual spending jumped from $1.6 billion to $5. ...

Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was associated with improved survival and reduced graft loss among kidney transplant recipients with type 2 diabetes. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor ...

Going forward, Ypsomed will focus on its self-injectors for subcutaneous drug delivery, including GLP-1 medications, as well as its partnerships with biopharma companies. The company first ...

This study found that using GLP-1 RAs and SGLT2is for type 2 diabetes treatment offers potential neuroprotections against Alzheimer disease and related dementias. HealthDay News — Both glucagon ...

GLP-1 medication use spiked, as well. Among adults with the highest category of obesity, about 4% used GLP-1 medications in 2008, and 33% did by 2023 – an 800% increase. Some people with type 1 ...