This inability to induce hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar levels, in IV-administered GLP-1 led to the development of GLP-1 receptor agonists
Allosterics are great because they are usually very selective, says Unitt, youll probably have a very good, clean drug. In 2024 Roche acquired Carmot Therapeutics, whose once-daily oral small molecule GLP-1 drug CT-996 was designed to have better signalling bias, meaning it preferentially triggers cellular pathways that lead to insulin regulation
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