These are fundamentally different products operating through fundamentally different mechanisms at fundamentally different scales of effectiveness
From this model, it is estimated that as a result of the competition with icodec for albumin binding locally at the injection site, less than 1% of semaglutide is bound to albumin in the subcutis following IcoSema administration (Alifrangis L., 2025, unpublished data)
Because once your medication is protected, you stop constantly checking or worrying about it throughout the day
Notwithstanding these developments, only about 20% of patients with T1D achieve adequate glycemic control based on current targets ( Based on recent data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2021-2023 ( Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) are effective to treat adult and pediatric populations with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and/or obesity, and they have an established safety profile
Levey AS, Schoolwerth AC, Burrows NR, Williams DE, Stith KR, McClellan W