obesity drug news today october 2025 glp-1 The first issue of New Scientist for 2026 brings a sharp focus on to weight loss medications. It suggests that weight-loss medications should get cheaper and more accessible (with expiry of The GLP-1 Revolution Continues
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In January of 2024 we put in the requirement that you have type 2 diabetes for certain GLP-1s, and then we put in a BMI of 35 or higher for the weight loss GLP-1s

Most GLP-1 medications are peptides that are easily damaged by digestive enzymes and poorly absorbed in the gut
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Bjerre Knudsen, for example, figured out how to make the peptide underlying this drug class an otherwise ephemeral substance last long enough in the body to be a medication

GLP-1 is naturally produced in the gut