Retatrutide, a diabetes drug, helped nearly 6 out of 10 adults lose at least 15% of their body weight in less than a year — way more than another drug called dulaglutide, which only helped 2 out of...

Adults with obesity or type 2 diabetes who take a weekly 12 mg dose of retatrutide are way more likely—over 70 times more—to lose at least 15% of their body weight in less than a year compared to those taking a fake pill.

A shot called retatrutide, given once a week, helped people with obesity lose nearly a quarter of their body weight over a year—some losing around 57 pounds—much more than those on a dummy shot.

Most people with obesity who take a high dose of a drug called retatrutide every week for nearly a year lose at least 15% of their body weight — that’s like dropping 30 pounds if you weigh 200. Almost no one on a fake pill loses that much.

A drug called retatrutide, taken once a week, helped lower blood sugar a lot in people with type 2 diabetes over 9 months — more than a placebo or another diabetes drug.

People with obesity who took a shot called retatrutide once a week for a year lost nearly a quarter of their body weight—way more than those who got a dummy shot. This makes it one of the strongest weight-loss medicines we’ve seen so far.