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From a manufacturing standpoint, semaglutide's 31-amino acid sequence with a complex C18 fatty diacid side chain (attached via a miniPEG linker to a glutamic acid spacer) represents one of the most chemically complex commercially produced peptide APIs, requiring highly specialized solid-phase or recombinant synthesis capabilities and multi-step purification processes to achieve the purity specifications of 98% or higher required for pharmaceutical use

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The medication has to be used in conjunction with lifestyle modification and not as an alternative or as an isolated therapy