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Andreas Birkenfeld

Professor, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Tübingen

Professor, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Tübingen Prof. Dr. Andreas Birkenfeld is Medical Director of the Department of Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology at the University Hospital of Tübingen. He is also Head of the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of Helmholtz Munich at the DZD site in Tübingen and spokesperson for the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.). As a physician, he treats people with obesity and diabetes in his department. As an expert in these diseases, which are closely linked, his research focuses in particular on the causes and new treatment options for obesity. In doing so, he also deals in detail with the active ingredient semaglutide, which is used in the so-called "weight loss injection