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Scripps Diabetes Researcher Presents Weekly Insulin Study Results

Scripps Whittier Institute for Diabetes plays lead role in testing experimental therapy

A man holding a bottle of insulin with a syringe also in his hand, illustrating a diabetic patient administering insulin.

Scripps Whittier Institute for Diabetes plays lead role in testing experimental therapy

Scripps Whittier Institute for Diabetes’ leading role in the global effort to develop long-acting insulin was on full display recently when the institute’s corporate vice president, Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, presented encouraging clinical trial results at a major medical conference in Stockholm.


Dr. Philis-Tsimikas was a lead investigator in the study that compared an experimental weekly insulin shot to the more typical one-a-day insulin shot in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Watch the 10News report: Scripps Health Study Could Drasticaally Cut Insulin Shots From Once a Day to Once a Week


Read the San Diego Union-Tribune article: Once-Per-Week Insulin Shots? New Research by Scripps Doctor Showing Promise


Read the BioSpace article: Novo’s Once-Weekly Insulin Treatment Part of a Transforming T2D Space

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