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Join Trial Testing Once-Weekly Insulin for Type 1 Diabetes

This clinical trial is comparing the safety and effectiveness of once-weekly insulin icodec to daily insulin glargine for people with type 1 diabetes.

April 3, 2026
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Lilly’s Once-Weekly Insulin Equally Effective as Daily Insulin for Improving A1C

Lilly’s efsitora alfa shows promise as a once-weekly insulin, matching daily basal insulin in type 2 diabetes for efficacy and safety, potentially simplifying diabetes management.

June 26, 2025
French-based pharma company Sanofi confirmed the construction of a brand-new $1.4 billion insulin manufacturing facility in Germany, expected to be completed in 2029.

Sanofi to Build New State-of-the-Art Insulin Plant

August 5, 2024
Learn how combination drugs like Soliqua and Xultophy can help manage type 2 diabetes

6 Benefits of Combining Insulin and GLP-1 Drugs

Basal insulin and GLP-1 combination drugs like Xultophy and Soliqua enhance diabetes management while reducing side effects.

July 1, 2024

Long-Acting Basaglar and the New Era of “Biosimilar” Insulin

What you need to know about the new insulin, its cost, dosing, and beyond!

November 10, 2021

Xultophy Beats Out Lantus in Major Clinical Trial

One of the biggest drug highlights at the 2015 ADA Scientific Sessions was a compelling presentation by diaTribe scientific Advisory Board member Dr. John Buse on brand new phase 3 clinical trial data comparing Xultophy (a GLP-1 agonist/long acting insulin combination taken as a single injection) to Lantus (a long acting insulin) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The results of the 26-week study were very impressive...

August 14, 2021