{"id":78768,"date":"2026-04-17T14:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/fda-eyes-expanding-testosterone-therapy-for-libido\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:20:59","slug":"fda-eyes-expanding-testosterone-therapy-for-libido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/fda-eyes-expanding-testosterone-therapy-for-libido\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA eyes expanding testosterone therapy for libido"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?\u00a0Sign up\u00a0to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hellooooo, friends. Psychedelics and testosterone are front and center today, but also we note that GLP-1\u2019s dominance in obesity may not be as inevitable as it looks. Early animal data from GLP-1 pioneers suggest\u00a0that pathways like GIP-glucagon offer effectiveness and better overall tolerability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-need-to-know-this-morning\">The need-to-know this morning<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kailera Therapeutics<\/strong> raised $625 million in an initial public offering \u2014 the largest-ever Wall Street debut for a drug company. Kailera is developing obesity drugs licensed from China.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-do-we-even-need-glp-1-anymore-nbsp\">Do we even need GLP-1 anymore?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The scientists whose work helped spur the development of\u00a0GLP-1-based obesity drugs are now questioning whether that target is necessary at all. 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