PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - DiMarchi, Richard D.
TI  - Novel Oral Agents: The Search for Transformational Medicines
DP  - 2012 Dec 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 26--27
VI  - 12
IP  - 16
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/16/26.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/16/26.full
AB  - In 2011, 366 million people had diabetes; by 2030, that figure is projected to rise to 552 million [International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas. 5th ed. 2009]. The search for novel oral antidiabetic drugs has taken on a growing sense of urgency. This article discusses efforts underway to develop glucagon-based incretin hybrids.