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Risk adjusted net present value: What is the current valuation of Novo Nordisk’s (Insulin icodec + Semaglutide)?

Pharmaceutical Technology

(Insulin icodec + Semaglutide) is a recombinant peptide and recombinant protein commercialized by Novo Nordisk, with a leading Phase III program in Type 2 Diabetes.

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‘Wonder capsule’ developed by scientists for insulin delivery

BioPharma Reporter

Protein drugs are notoriously difficult to deliver orally â but scientists have developed a new type of oral capsule that could deliver insulin and other similar drugs.

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Lilly grabs glucose-sensing insulin tech, buying Protomer in $1bn deal

pharmaphorum

Eli Lilly bought a stake in Protomer Technologies and its glucose-sensing insulin platform last year, and it must like what it has seen in the programme since then – it has just agreed to buy the company outright. . It was also responsible for the first recombinant insulin product – Humulin – which launched in 1982 and remains on sale.

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New type of oral capsule may one day replace insulin injection for diabetics

Medical Xpress

Scientists in Melbourne have designed a new type of oral capsule that could mean pain-free delivery of insulin and other protein drugs.

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Study describes new way of generating insulin-producing cells

Scienmag

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show how a molecule that they have identified stimulates the formation of new insulin-producing cells in zebrafish and mammalian tissue, through a newly described mechanism for regulating protein synthesis. The results are published in Nature Chemical Biology.

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Novo Nordisk blockbuster Ozempic boasts 23% sales surge in 2023

Pharmaceutical Technology

The drug is based on protein acylation technology and works to reduce blood sugar by enhancing glucose-dependent insulin secretion from the pancreas, as well as reducing glucagonemia and body weight. This represents a significant 83% increase in sales between 2022–2029, demonstrating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9%.

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Alzheimer’s Research Shifts from Amyloid and Tau to Neuroinflammation, Other Causes

BioSpace

Research into Alzheimer’s disease is shifting from amyloid plaque and tau protein to neuroinflammation, white matter changes and insulin resistance.

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