This randomized, open-label, multicenter, 2 parallel-group study evaluates the efficacy and safety of a weekly subcutaneously injected dose of albiglutide as compared with liraglutide. Subjects with a historical diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus and whose glycemia is inadequately controlled on their current regimen of metformin, thiazolidinedione, sulfonylurea, or any combination of these oral antidiabetics will be recruited into the study.