A new GLP-1 drug, orforglipron, comes in pill form and appears to be roughly as effective as injected drugs like Ozempic.

Merck & Co.'s peptides could be undergoing a transformation into oral tablets thanks to a $493 million licensing deal the ...

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly alleges the companies are selling illegal off-brand versions of its best-selling diabetes and ...

linear protein of one hundred or fewer amino acids. One of the great strengths of peptides as potential therapies lies in the powerful new approaches for discovering and screening new drug candidates.

Northeastern University researchers resurrected an extinct plant gene, turning back the evolutionary clock to pave a path ...

Amino acids are joined together by peptide bonds to form polypeptide chains. The sequence of amino acids ... industrial processes Design of novel therapeutics, such as antibody-drug conjugates ...

Van Deventer suggested that scientists could use this strategy to install an amino acid that acts as a drug conjugate onto antibodies. Getting the cell to incorporate the conjugate during protein ...