For 10 days, healthy subjects received 10 mg of oral semaglutide (formulation R1) once daily doses with 50 mL or 120 mL of water under fasting conditions with post-dose fasting period of 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes
Its extended half-life makes it a powerful research tool but also means its effects persist much longer than natural IGF-1
Generic availability also reduces payer resistance, since the per-member cost has dropped below many specialty drug thresholds
Wharton S, Calanna S, Davies M, Dicker D, Goldman B, Lingvay I, Mosenzon O, Rubino DM, Thomsen M, Wadden TA, Pedersen SD