MSDC-0602 (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

MSDC-0602

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The investigational drug MSDC-0602 is being tested as a treatment for type 2 diabetes. Rather than making the body more sensitive to insulin, the drug compound reduces the activity of a protein involved in producing glucose in the liver.

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Finck laboratory, Washington University

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