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Emerging treatments

Exciting does not mean approved. This section separates legitimate clinical development from hype, grey-market selling and social-media guesswork.

What we're tracking

Rule:

We will always show current status clearly: approved, under review, clinical trial or research only.

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Flagship emerging treatment guide

Retatrutide: hype vs evidence

Phase 3 results are remarkable. The UK status is equally important: it is not authorised for routine use. Our guide covers both.

Read the definitive Retatrutide guide

Future medicines

CagriSema: GLP-1 meets amylin.

Strong Phase 3 evidence, a different biological approach and big questions still to answer about UK approval and head-to-head performance.

Read the CagriSema guide

Pipeline expanded

Three more future-medicine deep dives

Amycretin / Zenagamtide

GLP-1 + amylin in one molecule, with oral and injectable development.

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Orforglipron / Foundayo

The oral small-molecule GLP-1 now FDA-approved in the US; UK status explained separately.

Read guide →

MariTide

Monthly-or-less-frequent obesity treatment in Amgen's Phase 3 MARITIME programme.

Read guide →

New comparison tool

Future medicine vs future medicine. Or future vs today.

Choose any two options and put them head-to-head — including Retatrutide, CagriSema, Amycretin, Orforglipron, MariTide, Mounjaro and Wegovy.

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