New Phase II Data Bolster vTv Therapeutics’ Glucokinase Activator Aspirations
Could Product Succeed Where SGLT2 Inhibitors Failed?
Executive Summary
The future for glucokinase activation is looking brighter after fresh data on vTv’s oral adjunct to insulin therapy in type 1 diabetes.
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