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Approval activity continued strongly into April 2026, with the US FDA authorizing two significant therapies across metabolic disease and infectious disease, reinforcing the agency’s focus on chronic disease management, long-term treatment innovation, and broader patient access.
Two notable therapies achieved regulatory clearance: Eli Lilly’s Foundayo for weight loss in obese or overweight adults with weight-related conditions,…
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Ascletis Pharma reported that the first participants have been dosed in a US 13-week P-II study of ASC30, an oral small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, with topline data expected in Q3’26
The study will enroll ~100 pts and evaluate ASC30’s effects on HbA1c as a 1EP, and…
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Ascletis Pharma has selected ASC37 tablets (PO), a GLP-1R/GIPR/GCGR triple peptide agonist, as a clinical development candidate
ASC37, utilizing Ascletis’ POTENT tech, showed an average of 4.2% absolute oral bioavailability, higher than semaglutide, tirzepatide, & retatrutide in oral SNAC formulations, & ~57-fold greater AUC vs retatrutide (PO) in NHP studies, with an observed t½ of…

