Table 1.
Currently approved lipidized peptide-based therapeutics.
Drug | Type of modification | Parental molecule | Indication | Routes of administration | Reference |
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Liraglutide | Acylation | GLP-1 | T2DM | s.c. injection | Iepsen et al. (2015) |
Obesity | s.c. injection | NovoNordisk (2020) | |||
Semaglutide | Acylation | GLP-1 | T2DM | s.c. injection Oral | Scheen (2020) |
Obesity | s.c. injection | FDA (2021) | |||
Detemir | Acylation | Insulin | Diabetes | s.c. injection | Home and Kurtzhals (2006) |
Degludec | Acylation | Insulin | Diabetes | s.c. injection | Jarosinski et al. (2021) |
Xultophy | Acylation | Insulin + GLP-1 | T2DM | s.c. injection | Steyn (2022) |
Somapacitan | Acylation | Human growth hormone | Growth hormone deficiencies | s.c. injection | FDA (2020) |
Tesamorelin | Acylation | Human growth hormone releasing hormone | HIV-associated lipodystrophy | s.c. injection | Stanley et al. (2019) |
Tirzepatide | Acylation | GLP-1/GIP | T2DM | s.c. injection | Syed (2022) |
Mifamurtide | PE-anchor attachment + acylation | Muramyl dipeptide | Osteosarcoma | i.v. injection | Frampton (2010) |
Polymyxin B | Acylation | Bacterial infection | i.v. injection/inhalation/topical | Moffatt et al. (2019) | |
Daptomycin | Acylation | Bacterial infection | i.v. injection | Heidary et al. (2017) |