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What does the mechanism of semaglutide predict that STEP 4 did not test?

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What I am working with: semaglutide · STEP 4.

I keep seeing this stated as a fact with no explanation attached, and unexplained facts make me suspicious.

My background is quantitative but not chemical, so I can follow an equation more easily than a hand-wave.

Why does this happen, and what would falsify the usual explanation?

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