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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (10): 824-839.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.22-272

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Progress on research and development in diabetes mellitus

Liwen Zhang1(), Meihua Ruan1(), Jialan Liu2, Caihong He1,3, Jianrong Yu1,3()   

  1. 1. Shanghai Information Center for Life Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
    2. Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
    3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2022-08-15 Revised:2022-09-30 Online:2022-10-20 Published:2022-10-12
  • Contact: Yu Jianrong E-mail:zhangliwen@sinh.ac.cn;mhruan@sinh.ac.cn;jryu@sinh.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(L1924031)

Abstract:

Diabetes mellitus is a kind of metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from insulin insufficiency and insulin resistance. It has become one of the major diseases threatening human health. In this paper, we analyze the current R&D status of diabetes from the aspects of papers, patents, drugs and industrial development. The results show that scientific outcomes are increasing steadily and the hot topics are diabetic complications and epidemiological research. In terms of technology development, large pharmaceutical companies, such as Janssen Pharmaceutical, Lilly pharmaceutical, Boehringer Ingelheim, are actively engaged in diagnosis, treatment and management of diabetes. By March 23 2022, 207 drugs have been launched and a large number of candidate drugs are in the pre-clinical and clinical stage. In terms of industrial development, the potential diabetes market is huge and the digital management of diabetes is developing rapidly. China has certain strength in diabetes research and development. In the future, measures should be taken to strengthen the transformation of research outcomes, and promote product development to meet China’s huge needs of diabetes cares.

Key words: diabetes mellitus, research status, drug development, industrial development