If youve looked into GLP-1 medications like Ozempic or Wegovy, you probably know how costly they can be
The Cherry on Top The retatrutide readout is just one of three major trials that Lilly has read out in recent months, all of them successful
Dosing tiers: Oral administration (500 mcg to 1.5 mg/day) targets gut-specific inflammation: IBD, colitis, and intestinal barrier dysfunction
Both are taken once daily and have strong clinical evidence supporting their effectiveness for weight management
Acknowledgements I would like to thank my former PhD students and post-docs Anne Raben, Anne Flint, Camilla Verdich, Birgitte Sloth, Helle Harder, Anita Belza and Thomas Meinert Larsen for their invaluable contributions to the research described in this article
Understanding these properties helps explain why 4 weeks works as the standard escalation interval