Research Into Weight-loss Drugs Tipped For Nobel As Award Week Opens
Nobel watchers say GLP-1 biology leads the field as the medicine prize opens Nobel week, with weight-loss drugs linked to the research.
- The 2026 Nobel season begins Monday with the medicine prize announcement at 11:30 am , where watchers speculate the committee could honor research into 'glucagon-like peptide 1' , which enabled weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro.
- Citing the hormone's 'enormous worldwide clinical impact,' David Pendlebury, head of research analysis at Clarivate, named GLP-1 a top contender, with researchers Daniel Drucker, Jens Juul Holst, and Svetlana Mojsov regularly mentioned.
- Other possibilities include stem cell research led by Elaine Fuchs and Fiona Watt, adhesion receptors identified by Timothy Springer, or the discovery of leptin and ghrelin hormones regulating appetite.
- Following Monday's medicine announcement, the Nobel committee will reveal prizes for physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, literature on Thursday, and peace on Friday, with economics concluding the season on October 12.
- Nobel committee secretary Kristian Berg Harpviken acknowledged that 'there's always a lot of lobbying' and pressure on the committee, following last year's controversial peace prize award to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, which President Donald Trump monitored closely.
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Nobel 2026: Ozempic, Mounjaro research tipped for medicine prize
The 2026 Nobel season is set to reveal the winners of various prestigious awards, starting with medicine. The medicine prize is anticipated to acknowledge research on appetite-regulating hormones related to weight-loss drugs. Alongside this, other fields such as skin regeneration and immunology are also potential candidates for recognition. The peace prize is expected to generate significant interest due to last year's controversial winner.
The winners of the six Nobel Prizes: medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economy will be unveiled daily from 5 to 12 October. Medicine opens the ball Monday from 11:30 am (09:30 pm GMT) and the award could go to the works that paved the way for weight loss pills such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, told analysts at the AFP. This could include research on microbiome, the discovery of hormones that regulate satiety and hunger or work on t…
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