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Weight loss drugs will reshape the $100 trillion global economy

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 03, 2025
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While Silicon Valley obsesses over AI, Wildfire Labs founder Todd Gagne argues that GLP-1 medications represent a much greater economic disruptor — the first drugs regulating human impulse control in a consumption-driven economy.

Gagne argues that these medications will transform industries built on impulse purchases,…

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