# Brand name: Victoza?
# Class: Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue
# For: Type 2 diabetes
# Route of Administration: once-daily injection
# Action: mimicks GLP-1, allowing secretion of insulin by beta cells. Also delays gastric emptying, and suppresses meal-related glucagon secretion.
# Manufacturer: Novo Nordisk
# Status: Approved in Europe July 3 2009. Undergoing FDA review as of July 2009.
# Source: Press release from manufacturer, Novo Nordisk's Victoza? (liraglutide) receives marketing authorisation in Europe (3 July 2009)
# Availability: To be available in the UK, Germany and Denmark in the summer of 2009, and in other European markets during the second half of 2009 and throughout 2010.