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New Kind of Diabetes Drug Helped People Lower Blood Sugar and Lose Almost 40 Pounds
The first-in-class injectable could be the next big thing in diabetes and obesity treatment.
A sweeping review of dozens of clinical trials suggests that today’s most widely used GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs produce broadly consistent weight-loss results across age, race, ethnicity, and baseline health measures.
A GIP/GLP-1/glucagon triple agonist reduced HbA1c by up to 1.9 percentage points at 40 weeks for adults with type 2 diabetes, according to topline results from the TRANSCEND-T2D-1 trial. Retatrutide (Eli Lilly) is a once-weekly injectable medication currently under investigation to treat type 2 diabetes,
A new study suggests that almost half of people stopping GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may keep the weight off. However, many of these people continued other forms of treatment after stopping GLP-1 drugs.
As GLP-1 users lose weight, they’ll likely be shopping for clothes in new sizes, translating into up to $13 billion a year in additional spending in the U.S., Bernstein analysts said.