# Teplizumab incoming approvals by the regulatory authorities

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/teplizumab-incoming-approvals-by-the-regulatory-authorities/16146>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Tags:** type-1, immune-therapies\
**Created:** [June 23, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/teplizumab-incoming-approvals-by-the-regulatory-authorities/16146 "2026-06-23T02:42:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/teplizumab-incoming-approvals-by-the-regulatory-authorities/16146/1 "2026-06-23T02:42:28Z")

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The UK just approved Teplizumab as a treatment to delay onset of T1D:

> **[Teplizumab drug to delay type 1 diabetes to be rolled out on the NHS](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8mzd94r76o)**
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> The immunotherpay can give children and adults three extra years before they need to use insulin.

The BreakthroughT1D article, which mainly considers upcoming FDA approval, is here:

> **[Tzield approved for stage 3 type 1 diabetes](https://www.breakthrought1d.org/news-and-updates/tzield-approved-for-stage-3-t1d-in-the-u-s/)**
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> Tzield is the first disease-modifying therapy approved for stage 3 type 1 diabetes to preserve insulin-producing beta cells.

The background is that there has been a rapid approval world-wide for treatment to delay T1 in many countries. Sanofi’s marketing page gives something of a timeline:

> **[Sanofi’s Tzield approved in the US as the first disease-modifying therapy for...](https://www.news.sanofi.us/2026-06-12-Sanofis-Tzield-approved-in-the-US-as-the-first-disease-modifying-therapy-for-patients-recently-diagnosed-with-stage-3-type-1-diabetes)**

People may wonder why a delay of a year or two in the progression of the disease is important. Personally I feel that it may help but the screening is much more important; I spent a few months of my life at “stage 3” running from each class to the pissoir and back to the next after I had got to stage 3. If this incredibly expensive drug encourages routine screening that will justify its cost alone.