Posts Tagged ‘clinical trials’

The Failure to Test Drugs in People with Obesity

March 29, 2023 — Scientists and regulators at the FDA have identified a critical gap in new drug development and labeling. It is the failure to test new drugs in people with obesity. Where there are differences in clinical responses and safety, labeling – the instructions for safe use – should reflect those differences. But in many cases, they […]

Tirzepatide Shows Good Weight Outcomes in Diabetes

October 20, 2021 — Day by day, the prospects for treating obesity are getting better. Late on Monday, detailed results from the longest study yet of tirzepatide came out in Lancet. This was a study using this new drug in people with type 2 diabetes, but the average BMI of these patients was 33. None of them had a […]