Change from injection to oral administration! How amazing is the technology of the "magic weight loss drug" semaglutide tablets?

In January 2024, semaglutide tablets were approved for marketing in China for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, which means that patients no longer have to take daily injections of semaglutide. As the world's first oral GLP-1RA drug, the successful launch of semaglutide oral tablets is a milestone.

Why is it so difficult to take semaglutide orally? How did scientists overcome the technical difficulties of oral administration? This comic will help you understand it~