The Rise of Professional Patients in GLP-1 Clinical Trials: A Growing Threat to Data Integrity and Safety
The race to develop and commercialize GLP-1-based therapies for obesity and diabetes has created unprecedented momentum in clinical research. Dozens of sponsors and CROs are simultaneously conducting trials—often in overlapping geographic regions—with many vying for access to the same pool of patients. While this represents exciting progress in metabolic disease treatment, it also presents a …