Yabao Pharmaceuticals enters innovative partnership with Eli Lilly and Company to develop diabetes treatment

摘要

Yabao Pharmaceutical Co, Inc., a leading pharmaceutical company in China,has entered strategic partnership with Eli Lilly and Company to co-develop Lilly's leading glucokinase activator (GKA), LY2608204. Lilly's GKA has completed Phase 1 studies in the US in addition to extensive pre-clinical development.Diabetes is a disease of great unmet need in China and worldwide. Glucokinase activators have the potential to differentiate from other anti-diabetic agents by exerting two potentially beneficial actions: promoting insulin secretion and decreasing glucose production by the liver. As a result, glucokinase activators may exert powerful anti-hyperglycemic effects, even in patients who are relatively unresponsive to other oral drugs.