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Tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro, is a different molecule from Eli Lilly and is not part of this Semaglutide patent expiry story
On average, the monthly cost of Semaglutide GLP-1 ranges between $800 and $1,000
Key differentiators include multi-peptide blends, delivery formats (serums, creams, powders), and value-added services like custom branding
Specifically, an arginine has been substituted for a glutamic acid at the third position, and it has a 13-amino acid extension peptide added to its N-terminus
Before the company applied to the FDA for the drug to be approved for obesity, Knudsen and her colleagues 'developed a new methodology to show how [GLP-1] drugs exert their effect on the brain by working on the circumventricular organs and communicating further into the hypothalamus, among other effects.' This was designed to illustrate how GLP-1 worked in 'well- defined neurons in the hypothalamus, in the hindbrain, and in the reward centers.' Their rationale for developing the method was because 'It was very important to show that these medicines work on defined brain circuits and not ones that may be related to psychiatric or cardiovascular side effects, for example' (Nair