From baseline to week 52, semaglutide 2.4 mg plus lifestyle counselling resulted in a 13.9% mean reduction in body weight, compared with 2.7% in the placebo arm
This discovery enabled the creation of a shorter, synthetically producible peptide that retains full biological activity while being more practical and cost-effective to manufacture than the full-length 44-amino acid hormone
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While we still have a lot to learn about their long-term risk and benefits, so far GLP-1 drugs have shown real potential for improving peoples health and well-being
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