22/08/2026
๐ฌ New in pharma science โ Swipe for the breakthrough
India's Homegrown GLP-1 Shot Is Quietly Making Progress
Everyone's talking about India's generic Ozempic boom. Almost no one's talking about the Indian company trying to invent its own.
Sun Pharma has been developing utreglutide (GL0034) โ an original GLP-1 molecule, not a copy โ for years. Early trials show real weight loss and metabolic benefits. It's still in Phase 2, with no drug application filed yet, so this is progress, not a finish line.
But if it works, it could be one of the first Indian-discovered drugs in a class dominated by Danish and American originators.
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