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Wake-up haul: an Ozempic moment for the brain

The Intelligence from The Economist by The Economist

Aug 19, 202622:07News & Politics

Orexins are peptides involved in the body’s sleep-wake system—and are big pharma’s next big thing. Like multi-purpose GLPs, they may have far more uses than just regulating shuteye. We ask why Japan’s post-war innovation...

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Wake-up haul: an Ozempic moment for the brain is an episode from The Intelligence from The Economist by The Economist. Orexins are peptides involved in the body’s sleep-wake system—and are big pharma’s next big thing. Like multi-purpose GLP...

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Published Aug 19, 2026, 22:07 long, audio available.