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Scripps Expert Quoted in Article About Diabetes Drug Development

Article covers slow pace of new drug development

A bottle on its side showing its contents, representing how a Scripps expert was quoted regarding diabetes drug development.

Article covers slow pace of new drug development

After more than a decade of treatment innovation in the world of diabetes, new drug development has slowed to a trickle, according to a recent article by STAT News.


Part of the problem is that many newer treatments are being underutilized because many physician don't know how to use them, explained,Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, for the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute.


Read the STAT News article: Where Are All the New Diabetes Drugs?

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