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Publication Abstract from PubMed

A hallmark of the pancreatic hormone amylin is its high propensity toward the formation of amyloid fibrils, which makes it a challenging drug design effort. The amylin analogue pramlintide is commercially available for diabetes treatment as an adjunct to insulin therapy but requires three daily injections due to its short half-life. We report here the development of the stable, lipidated long-acting amylin analogue cagrilintide (23) and some of the structure-activity efforts that led to the selection of this analogue for clinical development with obesity as an indication. Cagrilintide is currently in clinical trial and has induced significant weight loss when dosed alone or in combination with the GLP-1 analogue semaglutide.

Development of Cagrilintide, a Long-Acting Amylin Analogue.,Kruse T, Hansen JL, Dahl K, Schaffer L, Sensfuss U, Poulsen C, Schlein M, Hansen AMK, Jeppesen CB, Dornonville de la Cour C, Clausen TR, Johansson E, Fulle S, Skyggebjerg RB, Raun K J Med Chem. 2021 Jul 21. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00565. PMID:34288673^[1]

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