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ReviewNature medicine2026

The expanding landscape of GLP-1 medicines.

Daniel J Drucker

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Review in Nature medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The evolving landscape of obesity pharmacotherapy.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  5. Evaluating the Use of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Wolfram syndrome Patients.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Daniel J DruckerThe Lunenfeld, Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. drucker@lunenfeld.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-6688-8127

Funding

Gouvernement du Canada | Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada | CIHR Skin Research Training Centre (Skin Research Training Centre) 154321
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucagon-like peptide-1 medicines are being prescribed to growing numbers of patients worldwide, for type 2 diabetes, obesity and associated comorbidities, including cardiovascular disease, peripheral artery disease and obstructive sleep apnea, and are revolutionizing public health strategies for these conditions. These medicines improve health through reduction of blood glucose and body weight, by attenuation of inflammation and via direct activation of receptors in target tissues. New, more effective molecules with optimized pharmacokinetics produce greater weight loss and some may be more effective for various metabolic disorders, through incorporation of one or more additional peptide epitopes. Parallel efforts are exploring new indications, including neurodegenerative and substance use disorders, metabolic liver disease, arthritis, type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease. Here we highlight data informing the safety, efficacy, and potential utility of new and emerging glucagon-like peptide-1 medicines. We outline new mechanistic concepts, future therapeutic opportunities, potential for differentiation from currently available medicines and areas of uncertainty requiring additional investigation.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Glucagon-Like Peptide 1Hypoglycemic AgentsAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorHumansObesityGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorHypoglycemic Agents

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Registered trials

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