Affordability improvements may expand coverage: Frdric Leblanc, a pharmacist at iA Financial, notes that insurers are "preparing for everything we need to do so that everybody benefits from a lower price, both in diabetes and eventually in weight management." Sandoz CEO Richard Saynor has described Canada as the world's second-largest GLP-1 market
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Originally developed by Eli Lilly as a next-generation obesity treatment, Retatrutide has captured attention from addiction researchers who noticed something remarkable in early trial participants: many spontaneously reported diminished interest in alcohol without any specific intervention targeting drinking behaviour
This observed effect appeared comparable to that observed in a control group of obese patients without MC4R variants, with the weight loss predominantly attributed to fat mass and minimal impact noted on lean body mass