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GLP‑1 news from 1923
2 dated, sourced GLP-1 developments from 1923: approvals, trial results, prices, lawsuits, compounding and culture.
- Business
Novo Nordisk's founding date
Novo Nordisk dates its founding to December 21, 1923, when Danish insulin production began under the arrangement that became Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium. August Krogh had brought insulin know-how from Canada to Denmark earlier that year.
- Business
Lilly sells Iletin, the first commercially available insulin in the United States
Working with the University of Toronto insulin team, Lilly began commercial insulin production. Diabetes had been a fatal disease. The insulin franchise anchored the company for a century and is the direct ancestor of its tirzepatide business.