Acknowledgements We would like to thank Jatinder Dhillon and the MedImmune Biologics Expression and Early Expression and Supply teams for generating the peptide-antibody fusions, Sarah Will and Arthur Suckow (MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, USA), Dominic Corkill (MedImmune Ltd, Cambridge, UK), Michael Feigh (Gubra, Horsholm, Denmark), the MedImmune and AstraZeneca in vivo science teams for assistance in the design and conduct of rodent studies, Joerg Bluemel (MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, USA) for supervising the non-human primate study as well as Nicholas Bhagroo (MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, USA) for performing the in vitro glucose-stimulated insulin secretion assay
PT-141 (bremelanotide) is actually derived from Melanotan II through chemical modification
Inclusion complexes may be formulated as oral dosage forms, namely elixirs, syrups or suspensions [102]
[1] [2] It must be used in conjunction with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity