Regardless of formulation, semaglutide is a long-term therapy
This particular study is unique because it specifically examined patients taking GLP-1s who are at high risk of suicidality a population that previous research on GLP-1s has largely excluded. In a related editorial, Peter Ueda, MD, PhD, an assistant professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and Bjrn Pasternak, MD, PhD, an associate professor and principal researcher at the same institution, applauded the carefully conducted study but also noted some limitations, including that less than 10% of the patients in the study used semaglutide, the most popular GLP-1 receptor agonist
On a call with BI, Nestl's senior manager for health and wellness, Marlene Schmidt, cited Morgan Stanley's recent report predicting that by 2035, roughly 7% of the US population will be on a weight loss drug
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