From Jon Arch, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK
I spent much of my career trying to discover drugs to treat obesity. The class of drug that my team and I found to work well in rodents was ineffective in people. However, others found them useful in the treatment of overactive bladder (15 July, p 32).
How I wish that I had been involved in the discovery of semaglutide and the other treatments described by Clare Wilson in her excellent article.
I also totally agree with your related leader. Why the moralising about drugs for obesity, but not those for type 2 diabetes, which is usually associated with obesity?
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