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This accessibility gap is the most immediate factor for most researchers choosing between the two

Findings from a large multicenter analysis of more than 1.5 million adults with type 2 diabetes in six national health databases were in line with these results

It's broken down almost as fast as it's secreted, basically in just minutes, which meant it didn't have much chance of working as a drug

Its members include molecules such as growth and differentiation factors (GDFs), bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), activins, TGF-s (TGF-1,2,3), and anti-Mllerian hormone (AMH) (275)

[141] [142] [143] As of 2024 [144] federal Medicare Part D does not cover weight-loss drugs, and only a few federally-funded, state-administered Medicaid plans cover drugs for obesity

Which differentiating factors will enable specific companies and drugs to capture this market (and potentially $100B in upside)
