What's the difference?, The first "weight loss miracle drug" in China has been officially approved! And the registration certificate for Smegglutide, which makes Musk lose 18 pounds a month, | Liraglutide | Musk
On July 5th, Huadong Pharmaceutical announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., had recently received a Drug Registration Certificate approved and issued by the National Medical Products Administration. The application for marketing permission for the indication of obesity or overweight of Liraglutide Injection applied by Zhongmei Huadong was approved.
Huadong Pharmaceutical's "Liraglutide" is the first domestically produced Liraglutide injection biosimilar drug. In March this year, Liluping was approved by the State Drug Administration to control blood sugar in adult patients with type 2 diabetes.
The approval of the marketing license for the obesity or overweight indication of Liraglutide indicates that Huadong Pharmaceutical's Liraglutide has become the first GLP-1 weight loss drug in China.
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Previously, we reported on the "weight loss miracle drug" Smegglutide, which made Tesla CEO Musk lose 18 pounds per month. So, what is the difference between Smegglutide and Liraglutide?
According to Dr. Xu Zhiya, an attending physician at the Endocrinology Department of Shaw Run Shaw Hospital affiliated with Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Liraglutide and Smegglutide are different drugs under the same category. The original drugs of both are products under the Danish insulin giant Novo Nordisk, with similar effects - lowering blood sugar, inhibiting appetite, and reducing weight.
"Liraglutide produced by Novo Nordisk has been approved for use in the treatment of diabetes for more than 10 years in China, while Smeaglutide is like an upgraded version of Liraglutide, with relatively better weight loss effect. The biggest difference between the two is that Smeaglutide is injected once a week, while Liraglutide needs to be injected every day. From the perspective of convenience, Liraglutide is not as good as Smeaglutide."
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Simply put, Huadong Pharmaceutical's "liraglutide" is the domestically produced version of liraglutide. "From the perspective of the drug itself, the injection convenience of Liraglutide is not as good as that of Smegglutide, but it has certain advantages in cardiovascular protection compared to Smegglutide. In addition, Liraglutide's biggest advantage is that it is currently the first and only GLP-1 drug in China to obtain weight loss indications, which is a 'treatment' that imported Liraglutide, including Smegglutide, has not received yet." Xu also said.
It is understood that at Run Run Shaw Hospital of Zhejiang University, there is currently no "liraglutide" from East China Medicine, and the main products used are imported versions of liraglutide and simagliptin.
After the weight loss indication of Liraglutide is approved, can people who want to lose weight unconditionally request the use of this drug, instead of being true overweight and obesity criteria like Smegglutide and Liraglutide, and meeting the requirements after relevant examinations?
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"Huadong Pharmaceutical's' Lilupin 'has just been approved for weight loss, but the specific details of the indication have not been disclosed yet, so it is still unclear what the specific description in the approved indication is. However, based on past experience with the use of this type of drug, it is more likely to clarify the precautions for use, which means there may still be certain limitations."
According to a reporter from an e-commerce platform, the price of a box of Lilalutide injection in East China, America and China is 298 yuan, and the indication is still the hypoglycemic treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Reporter Zhang Huili Jin Jing
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