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From Lizard Venom to Ozempic: How VA Research Changed Medicine
30 Jan 2026 22:28 GMT
… that would revolutionize diabetes treatment and weight loss medicine. The breakthrough is … Amylin Pharmaceuticals, which developed it into exenatide, marketed as Byetta. The FDA approved …
Sources: VA Research, "Diabetes drug from Gila monster venom…
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Recent Trends in GLP-1 Use and Spending in Medicare
30 Jan 2026 18:58 GMT
… Medicaid and 2027 for Medicare, is voluntary for drug manufacturers, state Medicaid programs, and Medicare … 1 products under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program … approved by the FDA in 2017 to treat … older products, such as Byetta (approved in 2005), …
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Beyond the brand names: Everything you need to know about Ozempic and other GPL-1 medications
30 Jan 2026 06:05 GMT
… . Some are shots, others are pills, some need to be taken … widely known.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Ozempic in 2017 … There was already a semaglutide pill on the market. Rybelsus was … years, but generic Byetta was approved by the FDA in late 2024 …
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Shake It Up: New oral weight loss medication
08 Jan 2026 12:07 GMT
… surveys. GLP-1 drugs were initially FDA-approved for treating type … the first being exenatide (Byetta®), which received approval in April … loss. The SURMOUNT-5 trial revealed an average weight … in the *Annals of Internal Medicine* evaluated emergency room (ER) …
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Health Rounds: Regeneron drug wipes out residual multiple myeloma cells in small trial
10 Dec 2025 18:44 GMT
… drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals eradicates residual traces of multiple myeloma after initial treatments … of the 18 trial participants who have so … of Internal Medicine.
Twenty of the trials tested semaglutide, … , or AstraZeneca’s Byetta.
Most of the …
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Repositioning GLP-1 Drugs for Neurologic Disease: Evidence, Advances, and Outlook
18 Dec 2025 17:43 GMT
… compare these three drug classes. The trial aims to … profile in 2 trials and trials for liraglutide and … trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that treatment … Amylin and Lilly Announce FDA Approval of BYETTA(TM) (Exenatide) Injection …
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<![CDATA[Could GLP-1s help with cognitive symptoms, pychosis of schizophrenia?]]>
30 Jan 2026 22:41 GMT
… drugs, such as semaglutide and liraglutide, are prescribed to treatment … author Brianna Sa, a medical student at the University … criteria that included randomized controlled trials, observational studies, and … names Bydureon Cise and Byetta, but they are no …
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<![CDATA[Redefining the Role of GLP-1 Therapies: The Clinical Trials Behind the Expanding Indications ]]>
27 Nov 2025 03:46 GMT
… of exenatide (Byetta; Bristol Myers Squibb … trial, the FDA has granted an approval for semaglutide in the treatment … trials, all comparing semaglutide with other antidiabetic medications … drug class has reshaped the landscape of pharmacological treatment …
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Considering GLP-1s? What You Should Know About the Weight-Loss Drugs
12 Nov 2025 14:22 GMT
… I talked to my doctor about these new drugs, and she said … as earlier GLP-1s [like Byetta and Victoza], but they’ … less through NovoCare Pharmacy. Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly gives the … its medication direct to consumers at a significant savings. (The FDA …
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GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Work, but New Research Reveals a Major Catch
09 Nov 2025 20:24 GMT
… found that GLP-1 medications can lead to … Saxenda]
Dulaglutide [Trulicity]
Exenatide [Byetta, Bydureon]
Tirzepatide (GLP-1… from 8 randomized controlled trials (6,361 participants) also … drugs, and some stopped treatment due to side effects.
“These drugs …