loading . . . How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic. https://globalnews.ca/news/9793403/ozempic-canada-scientist-venomous-lizard-weight-loss/amp/