First: Novo Nordisk India launches oral Semaglutide for diabetes treatment
New Delhi: Drug firm Novo Nordisk India on Thursday said it has launched a first of its kind diabetes treatment medication in the country. The company said it has introduced the world's first and only oral semaglutide, a game-changer in diabetes management.
Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor analogue (GLP-1 RA) - one of the drug classes to treat diabetes, till now was available only in the form of injections and this is the first time such medication has been developed in an oral form.
"With a strong clinical profile, we believe, it has the potential to revolutionise the treatment of type 2 diabetes, given that millions of people do not achieve the targeted blood sugar levels with currently available oral antidiabetic medications," Novo Nordisk India Managing Director Vikrant Shrotriya noted.
The product's launch coincides with the company's hundred-year centenary of insulin discovery that changed the lives of people with diabetes, he added.
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