KevinMD June 16, 2024
The term “revolutionary” is used too often in health care. New imaging modalities, pharmaceutical breakthroughs, advanced medical devices, and artificial intelligence are all regularly proclaimed to be revolutionary to attract interest and attention. But those of us trained in medicine who work in these fields know that revolutions don’t happen—it takes 17 years for new research to reach the translational stage.
In reality, the best we can hope for is a fast evolution of clinical practices. Even the new class of metabolic modulators and weight loss treatments, including Zepbound and Wegovy, which can potentially bring global obesity rates down, are based on compounds developed a dozen years ago. However, when there is critical mass—”moonshot” alignment—across health care innovators, providers, policymakers,...
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