EASD Annual Meeting 2026: key results and trends
What the 1,410 abstracts at EASD Annual Meeting 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
- 1,410
- 12% more than 2025
- drug-linked abstracts
- 511
- companies
- 121
- from Phase 3 studies
- 52
Drug-linked abstracts by phase
- Phase 1 19
- Phase 1/2 1
- Phase 2 31
- Phase 2/3 1
- Phase 3 52
- Phase 4 4
Key results
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HRS-7535
Oral small-molecule GLP-1 RA HRS-7535 as monotherapy in Chinese adults with early type 2 diabetes: the OUTSTAND-1 Phase 3 trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)At week 32, HRS-7535 reduced HbA1c from baseline by 1.40% (30 mg), 1.48% (60 mg), and 1.68% (90 mg) versus 0.06% with pbo (placebo-adjusted differences: −1.34%, −1.42%, and −1.62%, respectively; all p<0.0001) based on the efficacy estimand.
orforglipron
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)An HbA1c <7% (53 mmol/mol) was reached by 61% (3 mg), 81% (12 mg) and 69% (36 mg) of OFG-treated participants vs 24% in PBO (p<0.001).
retatrutide
Efficacy and safety of retatrutide, a GIP, GLP-1, and glucagon receptor agonist in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with diet and exercise alone (TRANSCEND-T2D-1)
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)The estimated mean change from BL in HbA1c was -1.7% (-18.5 mmol/mol) with 4 mg, -2.0% (-22.0 mmol/mol) with 9 mg, and -1.9% (-21.0 mmol/mol) with 12 mg retatrutide, compared to -0.8% (-8.5 mmol/mol) with placebo (all p<0.001).
GX-G6
Efficacy and safety of TG103 versus dulaglutide as an add-on to metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised Phase III trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)At week 28, HbA1c was reduced by 1.38% in both TG103 15 mg and DULA groups from baseline, and the estimated treatment difference was 0.00% (95%CI: -0.19, 0.18), meeting the prespecified noninferiority criterion (margin 0.4%; one-sided p < 0.0001).
anagliptin
Efficacy and safety of anagliptin add-on therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled by metformin and empagliflozin
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)At week 24, the anagliptin group showed a significantly greater reduction in HbA1c compared to the placebo group (mean change: -0.74% ± 0.52 for Anagliptin vs. -0.30% ± 0.60 for placebo; p < 0.001).
finerenone
Impact of finerenone on kidney-cardio outcomes by baseline HbA1c levels in a broad chronic kidney disease population: a pooled analysis (INFINITY)
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)While the risk of serious hyperkalemia was generally higher with finerenone vs placebo, overall incidence was low across HbA1c categories (normoglycemia: 0.6% vs 0.9%; prediabetes: 1.7% vs 0.3%; adequately controlled T2D: 1.0% vs 0.1%; inadequately controlled T2D: 1.1% vs 0.4%).
olatorepatide
Efficacy and safety of olatorepatide, a novel dual-biased GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist in Chinese adults with overweight or obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)Pts receiving Olatorepatide 5 mg, 10 mg, or 15 mg compared with pbo had greater achievement of BW reductions of ≥5% (83.5%, 96.1%, 93.9% vs 31.0%), ≥10% (58.9%, 87.4%, 86.4% vs 15.0%), and ≥15% (31.8%, 57.4%, 67.3% vs 3.2%).
HDM1702
Efficacy and safety of HDM1702 vs. semaglutide (Wegovy®) in patients with obesity: a randomised, open-label, bioequivalence Phase 3 trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)The incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) for HDM1702 and reference semaglutide was 86.6% and 85.7%, respectively.
BioChaperone Lispro
Ultra-rapid THBD0206 injection (BioChaperone Lispro, BCLIS) improves postprandial and daily glucose control vs lispro (LIS) in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes
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].
cagrilintide
Impact of cagrilintide 2.4 mg on physical function: post-hoc patient-reported outcomes from REDEFINE 1
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)Compared with placebo, cagrilintide 2.4 mg significantly reduced body weight (ETD −9.6% [−10.6, −8.5]; p<0.0001) and WHtR (ETD −0.04 [−0.05, −0.03]; p<0.0001).
semaglutide
Blood pressure changes with once-weekly semaglutide 7.2 mg in adults with obesity: post hoc analysis of the STEP UP randomised, controlled trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)In pts with resistant hypertension, mean SBP changes at week 72 were −7.8, −8.2 mmHg and −4.0 mmHg with semaglutide 7.2 mg, semaglutide 2.4 mg, and placebo, respectively.
poterepatide
A phase 2 trial of HDM1005 in participants with type 2 diabetes not controlled with diet/exercise or metformin
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)A significantly higher proportion of participants achieved an HbA1c ≤7.0% with HDM1005 (69.2%, 86.5%, 83.3%, and 86.1%) compared to placebo (25.7%).
Trends at EASD 2026
GLP1R, the most frequent target, accounted for 33% of drug-linked abstracts, up from 27% in 2025. Peptides accounted for 38% of drug-linked abstracts, up from 33% in 2025. Bispecific antibodies (2%) were new to the top modalities compared with 2025.
What the abstracts covered
Share of the 511 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 drugs33%171 drug-linked abstracts · from 27% in 2025
Top targets
- GLP1R17133% from 27% in 2025
- INSR7214% from 16% in 2025
- GIPR5611% from 7% in 2025
- SGLT2296%
- AMY receptor184% from 2% in 2025
- ND1163%
- GCGR153%
- MRNew102%
- PPARA82%
- CALCRNew71%
Top modalities
- Small molecules22043%
- Peptides19338% from 33% in 2025
- Non-antibody therapeutic proteins11623%
- Monoclonal antibodies347% from 5% in 2025
- Oligonucleotide and RNA therapeutics184% from 1% in 2025
- Carbohydrate, lipid and polymer therapeutics153%
- Bispecific antibodiesNew82%
- Cell therapies82%
Top diseases
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)26151%
- Obesity14729%
- Diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1D)10521%
- Overweight326%
- Insulin resistance (IR)275%
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)245%
- Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)245%
- Diabetes mellitus (DM)204%
- Diabetic glomerulosclerosis204%
- Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)153%
Most active companies
- Eli Lilly10821%
- Novo Nordisk8416%
- AstraZeneca173%
- Bristol Myers Squibb173%
- Bayer153%
- Sanofi143%
- Boehringer Ingelheim92%
- Abbott82%
- Merck82%
- Pfizer82%
EASD over the years
- 20261,410 abstracts · this edition
- 20251,254 abstracts
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