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What I learned this Week: January 19, 2025

What I learned this Week: January 19, 2025

Why GLP-1, Creative Destruction, and a stubborn system that resists change signal the end of business as usual

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A realistic image of farm animals dressed as MIT students working in a microbiology lab at MIT. The farm animals, including a pig and a cow, are wearing lab coats and safety goggles, conducting virus research related to the 1918 Spanish flu. They are surrounded by advanced lab equipment, microscopes, and petri dishes. The setting features a modern lab environment with a backdrop of MIT logos and lab benches, emphasizing the scientific and academic atmosphere.

Despite the ever-increasing data suggesting that GLP-1 alters what people choose to eat, consumer product goods companies remain focused on relabeling products to appeal to GLP-1 patients. But not reformulate products. Healthcare is frustrated that direct-to-consumer healthcare companies like Hims/Hers are taking patients. But trad…

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