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bench_notesTL4 Moderator4 Aug 2024#1

Community wiki post. Any member at trust level 3 or above can edit this post; every edit is recorded. Last edited by hana.sato on 28 Apr 2025.

23 Sep 2024 — bench_notes: Corrected an arithmetic slip in the second example.
20 Dec 2024 — mira.patel: Plain-language pass on the opening paragraph.
28 Apr 2025 — hana.sato: Restructured into sections so the outline is navigable.

Editors: bench_notes, mira.patel, hana.sato

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Triple GIP/GLP-1/glucagon receptor agonist. Phase 2 data, TRIUMPH programme, and cautious practical discussion.

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KLindqvistTL4 Moderator7 Aug 2024#2

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c.dahlbergTL2 Moderator9 Aug 2024#3

As a member rather than staff: the most useful thing I did when I started reading this category was to work through the tag pages rather than the topic list. The topic list shows you what is recent. The tags show you what is settled.

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t.abubakarTL2 Moderator10 Aug 2024#4

Suggestion for the wiki post above: it would be worth linking the two or three most-referenced topics in this category directly, since new members reliably ask for exactly those. Happy to make the edit myself if nobody objects, with a revision note.

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m.oyelaranTL2 Moderator11 Aug 2024#5

Hepatic effects: glucagon receptor agonism promotes hepatic fat oxidation, which is mechanistically plausible for benefit in metabolic liver disease. Whether that translates to improved clinical outcomes is being tested in phase 2 work.

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