Scripps Diabetes Researcher Presents Weekly Insulin Study Results

Scripps Whittier Institute for Diabetes plays lead role in testing experimental therapy

A man holding a bottle of insulin with a syringe also in his hand, illustrating a diabetic patient administering insulin.

Scripps Whittier Institute for Diabetes plays lead role in testing experimental therapy

Scripps Whittier Institute for Diabetes’ leading role in the global effort to develop long-acting insulin was on full display recently when the institute’s corporate vice president, Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, presented encouraging clinical trial results at a major medical conference in Stockholm.


Dr. Philis-Tsimikas was a lead investigator in the study that compared an experimental weekly insulin shot to the more typical one-a-day insulin shot in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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