ADA Scientific Sessions 2026: key results and trends
What the 2,118 abstracts at ADA Scientific Sessions 2026 reported, drug by drug: the readouts that stood out and the targets and modalities that dominated, and how this edition compares with earlier years.
- abstracts
- 2,118
- 5% fewer than 2025
- drug-linked abstracts
- 687
- companies
- 182
- from Phase 3 studies
- 43
Drug-linked abstracts by phase
- Phase 1 33
- Phase 1/2 2
- Phase 2 34
- Phase 2/3 1
- Phase 3 43
Key results
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orforglipron
ADA Presidents' Select Abstract: Efficacy and Safety of Orforglipron vs. Placebo Added to Titrated Insulin Glargine in Adults with Long-Standing Type 2 Diabetes: ACHIEVE-5
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)Mean HbA1c decreased by 1.54 to 2.05% in the OFG groups vs 0.77% with PBO.
anagliptin
Efficacy and Safety of Anagliptin Added to Metformin and Empagliflozin 25 mg in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A 24-Week Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Trial with 28-Week Open-Label Extension
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)At week 24, HbA1c decreased 0.83% in anagliptin group versus 0.03% in placebo (difference -0.80%; 95% CI -0.95 to -0.64; P<0.0001).
berberine ursodeoxycholate
Harmony: A Head-to-Head Phase 3 Study of HTD1801 vs. Dapagliflozin
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)At Week 24, HTD1801 produced an HbA1c reduction of -1.12% vs -0.93% for Dapa with a LS mean difference of -0.20% (95% CI, -0.37%, -0.03%; p<0.001), confirming non-inferiority.
semaglutide
Triple Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes with Insulin, Semaglutide, and Dapagliflozin (TTT1): A Phase 3 Clinical Trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)In Period 1, HbA1c was reduced by 0.45% (95% CI -0.78, -0.127; p=0.0072) and body weight was reduced by 10.2 kg (95% CI -12.8, - 7.7; p<0.0001) by semaglutide vs SOC.
evolocumab
Evolocumab Reduces CV Events in Patients with High-Risk Diabetes: Results from the VESALIUS-CV Trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)After 4.6 y median f/u, evo decreased 3-P MACE by 29% vs pbo in pts w/ HR-DM and 21% in those w/o HR-DM (Pint 0.47).
mazdutide
Mazdutide vs. Semaglutide in Chinese Adults with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity (DREAMS-3): A Randomised, Open-Label, Phase 3b Trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)The most common adverse events were gastrointestinal (GIAEs), including nausea (30.5% with mazdutide; 12.6% with semaglutide), diarrhoea (27.0%; 21.8%), and vomiting (23.6%; 8.6%), and mostly mild to moderate in severity.
BioChaperone Lispro
THDB0206 Injection (BioChaperone Lispro, BCLIS) Improves Postprandial and Daily Glucose Control vs. Lispro (LIS) in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)Non inferiority was confirmed for the primary endpoint for BCLIS: A1C was reduced by 0.65% (BCLIS) and 0.57% (LIS): estimated treatment difference of -0.07% [95% CI -0.18; 0.03].
sotagliflozin
Consistency of Glycemic Improvement with Sotagliflozin across Key Subgroups in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: Pooled Analysis from inTandem Trials
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)From a mean baseline A1C of ~7.7%, SOTA 200 mg and 400 mg significantly reduced A1C versus PBO by 0.4%.
tirzepatide
Reduction in Glomerular Hyperfiltration with Tirzepatide in Youth-Onset T2D
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)The proportion of participants with hyperfiltration decreased in pooled TZP (18.6% to 5.5%) and increased in PBO (16.1% to 21.9%, p<0.05, TZP vs PBO).
olezarsen
ApoC3 Inhibitor Olezarsen Markedly Reduces Triglycerides and Risk of Pancreatitis in Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Insights from CORE-TIMI 72a and CORE2-TIMI 72b
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)Compared with placebo, the 50 mg & 80 mg doses of olezarsen reduced TGs by 57.4% (95% CI 48.6-66.2) and 64.8% (56.0-73.6) in pts with DM, respectively, and by 57.0% (45.7-68.3) and 65.1% (53.9-76.4) in pts w/o DM.
poterepatide
Efficacy and Safety of Dual GLP-1/GIP Receptor Agonist HDM1005 in Obese Participants without Diabetes: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)HDM1005 also improved cardiometabolic parameters from baseline (difference relevant to placebo) in waist circumference (up to -7.27 cm), SBP (up to -10.19 mmHg), DBP (up to -6.13 mmHg), TG (up to -36.99%), LDL-C (up to -8.19%) and non-HDL-C (up to -11.88%).
conveglipron
Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Oral Small Molecule Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist (HDM1002) in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Inadequately Controlled on Diet and Exercise or Metformin
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)Least-squares (LS) mean changes in HbA1c for HDM1002 50, 100, 200, 400 mg QD and 200mg BID were -1.06%, -0.82%, -0.94%, -1.29% and -1.23%, respectively.
Trends at ADA 2026
Small molecules, the most frequent modality, accounted for 42% of drug-linked abstracts, up from 37% in 2025. Oligonucleotide and RNA therapeutics accounted for 4% of drug-linked abstracts, up from 1% in 2025. Gene therapies (2%) were new to the top modalities compared with 2025.
What the abstracts covered
Share of the 687 drug-linked abstracts, by the target, modality, disease and company of each drug. An abstract can count in more than one row, so a list can add up to more than 100%.
- GLP-1 receptor drugs31%210 drug-linked abstracts · level with 31% in 2025
Top targets
- GLP1R21031%
- INSR11116%
- GIPR568% from 10% in 2025
- ND1335%
- GCGR284% from 6% in 2025
- SGLT2213%
- AMY receptorNew162%
- AMPKNew91%
- CALCRNew91%
- INHBENew91%
Top modalities
- Small molecules28642% from 37% in 2025
- Peptides24836%
- Non-antibody therapeutic proteins16724%
- Monoclonal antibodies517%
- Oligonucleotide and RNA therapeutics264% from 1% in 2025
- Gene therapiesNew122%
- Cell therapies112%
- Bispecific antibodies91%
Top diseases
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)31245%
- Obesity26539%
- Diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1D)11216%
- Insulin resistance (IR)528%
- Overweight426%
- Diabetes mellitus (DM)416%
- Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)284%
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)274%
- Prediabetes233%
- Hypoglycaemia193%
Most active companies
- Eli Lilly13420%
- Novo Nordisk10515%
- Bristol Myers Squibb304%
- Pfizer172%
- Merck132%
- AstraZeneca112%
- Sanofi112%
- Bayer91%
- Boehringer Ingelheim81%
- Hanmi Pharmaceutical81%
ADA over the years
- 20262,118 abstracts · this edition
- 20252,218 abstracts
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