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The Weekly Dose

Your Weekly Peptide Intelligence

Every Sunday, we distill the week's most important research into a single curated briefing. Five to ten minutes. Zero fluff.

Issue #11·August 23, 2026

The Dose Is Only Half the Protocol

VCT220’s 16-week weight-loss result is strong, but its titration data reveal the more practical lesson: schedule can shape tolerability without sacrificing much efficacy.

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Issue #10·August 2, 2026

The Endpoint Changes the Story

BGM0504, oral semaglutide, and peceleganan show why promising signals still need the right comparator, endpoint, and clinical context.

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Issue #9·July 26, 2026

The Formulation Is Part of the Medicine

DD01’s liver-fat signal, a split GLP-1 verdict in Parkinson’s, and a longer-lasting thymosin beta-4 candidate show why formulation and endpoints matter.

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Issue #8·July 12, 2026

Mental Health, Muscle, and the Peptide Power Struggle

GLP-1 drugs show real anxiolytic effects, amylin therapies emerge as the next weight-loss frontier, survodutide targets dangerous visceral fat, and FDA scientists challenge the peptide access push.

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Issue #7·June 28, 2026

The GLP-1 Multi-System Story Gets Louder

Six articles, five GLP-1 stories — tirzepatide beats semaglutide at scale, dulaglutide shows neuroprotection in MS, surgical safety questions mount, and thymosin alpha-1 rebuilds immunity after chemo.

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Issue #6·June 21, 2026

The GLP-1 Landscape Just Shifted

Four major studies in one week redraw the metabolic medicine map — tirzepatide vs semaglutide, amycretin's 24% weight loss, semaglutide in psychiatric populations, and retatrutide's phase 3 Lancet data.

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Issue #5·June 14, 2026

The Muscle Problem Gets a Mechanistic Answer

A JCI Insight study shows ketone esters prevent semaglutide-induced muscle loss by protecting mitochondrial function — without compromising fat loss.

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Issue #4·June 7, 2026

The Weekly Dose: GLP-1s Go Cardiac, Peptide Purity Hits Crisis Point

GLP-1 agonists show a 33% atrial fibrillation risk reduction, independent labs report a third of peptide samples failing quality checks, and retatrutide data reveals fat tissue reprogramming at the cellular level.

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Issue #2·May 10, 2026

New Horizons: Peptides, GLP-1s, and the FDA Big Shift

From FDA rule changes to oral GLP-1 breakthroughs and the most important peptide research of the year, here is what actually matters.

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Issue #3·May 10, 2026

The Weekly Dose: FDA Peptide Review, Genomic Peptides, and Mitochondrial Signaling

This week's developments in peptide therapeutics: FDA advisory committee meeting, genomic analysis of GHK-Cu, and mitochondrial peptide MOTS-c.

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Issue #1·April 27, 2026

The Oral GLP-1 Era Begins — And Five Other Things You Need to Know

The first no-strings-attached GLP-1 pill got approved, the FDA is reconsidering 12 peptides, and BPC-157's evidence base just got quantified. Your weekly briefing.

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