AstraZeneca announced that the EC green-lighted the new formulation of the once-weekly type-2 diabetes injection, which will be marketed as Bydureon BCise (exenatide 2mg prolonged-release suspension).

Bydureon (exenatide), a weekly type 2 diabetes GLP-1 class injection, is nearing the end of its patent life and is also under threat from Novo Nordisk’s next-generation weekly jab, semaglutide.

Objective–To investigate the effect of treatment with the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist exenatide on weight loss and metabolic parameters in obese nondiabetic women. Research Design ...

Exenatide ext-rel 2mg; susp for SC inj; contains sucrose. Exenatide activates the GLP-1 receptor, thereby increasing intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) in beta cells leading to glucose-dependent ...