The Lasker — sometimes referred to as “America’s Nobel” — is the most prestigious award to recognize Mojsov, who was the first person to uncover the chemically active form of GLP-1, a ...

Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to stop H.I.V. and for immune system discoveries.

Citing their work in “the discovery and development of GLP-1-based drugs that have revolutionized the treatment of obesity,” the Lasker Foundation presented the 2024 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical ...

It was Knudsen and her research group at Novo Nordisk that succeeded in engineering a GLP-1-like hormone for slow-release. It was approved in 2005 in Europe to treat diabetes and in 2014 for obesity.

The 2024 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors Joel Habener, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, and Svetlana Mojsov, for their roles in the discovery and development of GLP-1 based drugs that ...

GLP-1-based drugs don’t just treat obesity and diabetes. ... Winning a Lasker often precedes winning a Nobel prize: since 1945, 95 Lasker laureates have also received that top honour.

Harvard Medical School professor Joel F. Habener won the 2024 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his work on the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), the Lasker Foundation announced ...

The research and development of new pharmaceuticals is increasingly an international affair, something that recent discussion ...

Independently, Mojsov, a chemist, identified and synthesized the physiologically active form of GLP-1, developed methods that detected GLP-1 in the intestines, and uncovered essential aspects of ...

As GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic become more popular, it’s easy to imagine a near future where a version of them that can […] The post We’re Getting Closer to Edible GLP-1 Drugs Being ...

This year’s prestigious Lasker medical awards recognize a trio of scientists without whom Ozempic and other blockbuster weight-loss drugs might not exist. The work of Joel Habener, a physician ...