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Salt form, counterions, residual water, and other lot-specific material attributes may affect the composition and mass balance of the supplied material, but they do not alter the covalent molecular formula of the parent peptide

Semaglutide, as a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, increases the secretion of insulin from pancreatic -cells

Several drugs within this class have received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for weight management, including orlistat, the naltrexone/bupropion combination (Mysimba ), liraglutide (Saxenda ), and tirzepatide (Mounjaro )

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