Mazdutide

How it works

Copies oxyntomodulin, a gut hormone that hits GLP-1 and glucagon receptors at once. Weekly, for obesity and type 2 diabetes.

What it's made of

34 amino acids that mimic oxyntomodulin, a gut hormone that activates both the GLP-1 and glucagon receptors at once. With changes so it lasts a week.

What it's for

Prescribed for

In China: weight control in adults, and type 2 diabetes.

Sold as

The first approved GLP-1 drug with glucagon: it takes off weight and burns liver fat.