China’s Innovent Claims Its GLP-1 Is Superior to Novo Nordisk’s Blockbuster Semaglutide
A major challenge to the global dominance of Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drug, semaglutide (sold as Ozempic and Wegovy), has emerged from China. The Chinese pharmaceutical company Innovent Biologics has announced that its proprietary GLP-1 drug demonstrated superior effectiveness in treating Type 2 diabetes compared to Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide. The Basis of the…