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Limitations of Animal Studies One limitation of relying on animal studies is that animals and humans do not always react to medications in the same way

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Phase 2 trial (NEJM, 2023) The landmark Phase 2 trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, randomized 338 adults with obesity to receive weekly subcutaneous retatrutide at doses of 1 mg, 4 mg, 8 mg, or 12 mg, or placebo, for 48 weeks