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by throwup238 729 days ago
Novo Nordisk has been the one funding GLP-1 research since the 1990s. It got started manufacturing insulin in the 1920s so that kind of research was right up its alley. It’s controlled by a charitable foundation too.

Sadly they’ve got a strong claim to being the ones responsible for the basic research here, which is exceedingly rare in pharma. Their latest drugs like Ozempic are the result of decades long research.