XB Desk 05 of 05
Stories with no single home country: trade rules between blocs, patent clocks in many markets, and explainers on how the peptide trade works.
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Catalent's head of global product development described how lipid based softgels with immediate release or enteric shells protect oral peptides, ahead of the AAPS PharmSci 360 meeting.
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The main semaglutide patent has lapsed in India, China and Brazil and Canada has approved a first generic, while China's copies wait on data protection to April 2027 and Novo leans on its Wegovy pill.
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Grown or built: the route decides what kind of plant a peptide drug needs.
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Most of what goes into a peptide plant is solvent that ends up as waste.
