Dr.RheumBOS said:The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions.
Agreed, with the usual condition: that holds for the average and this board is a collection of individuals. A population claim and a personal prediction are different things and get quoted interchangeably.
mark_tokyo said:The phase 2 numbers were about 24% mean weight loss at 48 weeks on the top dose, with the curve still descending at the end of the study.
This answered a question I did not know how to ask. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
Dr.RheumBOS said:The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions.
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. I would resist the confidence. Half of what this board was certain about two years ago has since been quietly dropped, and nobody went back to correct the threads.
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If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.
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