The Federal Food and Drug Administration approved the medication, called Foundayo, for market on April 1
Knop has received personal honoraria for consulting, lectures, and/or for advisory board participation within the last 36 months from AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Gilead Sciences, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Janssen, and Zealand Pharma and has received unrestricted research grants from AstraZeneca, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Sanofi-Aventis
This timing recommendation is based on the medication's short-acting profile and its mechanism of slowing gastric emptying, which is most beneficial when timed with food intake
Additionally, sequential use of the medications, starting with GLP-1 receptor agonists, appears to lead to more significant weight loss