Still in Milan 🇮🇹 and bringing the science! 🧪🔥Today, Dr. Cristina Rondinone presented our latest results at #EASD2026:🧬A novel unimolecular tetra-agonist targeting GLP-1, GIP, amylin & calcitonin receptors shows superior weight loss vs. tirzepatide or CagriSema in obese rats🐀
In the phase 3 TRIUMPH-1 trial involving patients with obesity, retatrutide, a triple hormone receptor agonist, resulted in substantial weight reduction and a decrease in knee osteoarthritis pain and obstructive sleep apnea events. Full trial results: nej.md/4ycgSHz
ALT A graph from an Original Article published in the New England Journal of Medicine article titled "Retatrutide, a Triple Hormone Receptor Agonist, for Treatment of Obesity." The graph shows effect of retatrutide on body weight. The trial name, TRIUMPH-1, is in parentheses after the title. The NEJM identity sits at the bottom.
The suppressed report that concluded there is no protective or safe level of alcohol consumption, now published. It was commissioned by US Congress
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"Despite the study’s adherence to its mandate, its findings were sidelined.”
I'm going through the retatrutide phase 3 data, and the cardiometabolic numbers are more interesting than the weight loss:
- 24.1 cm off the waist on 12mg (9.5 inches)
- significant drops in systolic blood pressure
- triglycerides down
- non-HDL cholesterol down
- hsCRP down (a key marker of inflammation)
I'm giving it a few years before people realize GLP-1s are more than just weight loss drugs.
Retatrutide, a triple receptor drug for GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon, is the most powerful weight loss drug yet. A significant issue is too much weight loss among the trial participants. New randomized trial results announced today with 28% body weight loss.
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In SURPASS CVOT tirzepatide was associated with a reduced risk of major kidney events driven by a reduction in new-onset macroalbuminuria in PPL with low-to-moderate-risk CKD #T2D and slowed decline in kidney function in high-risk chronic kidney disease. thelancet.com/journals/landi…
In people with HFpEF (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction) and severe obesity, there is a heart muscle cell defect with sarcomere hyper-phosphorylation. Besides weight loss, sarcomere enhancers (not yet studied) may help.
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Everyone's talking about retatrutide for weight loss (28.7%). Almost nobody's talking about what it does to your liver.
More than 80% reduction in liver fat. Over 90% normalization rates. In a body composition substudy from the Phase 3 program.
100 million Americans have fatty liver disease. Most don't know it. There's no FDA-approved treatment for it besides "lose weight and hope."
Retatrutide's glucagon receptor activation appears to directly target hepatic fat metabolism not just as a side effect of weight loss, but as a primary mechanism.
This isn't a weight loss drug that happens to help your liver. It might be a liver drug that happens to cause weight loss.
Phase 3 weight loss data drops first half of 2026.
Watch this space.