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Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

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Re: Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

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post #30

Off by one letter compared to "Roman", which is a GLP prescriber farm, but you already knew this :). Hoping for a lawsuit to boost your fame? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro_(company)

The truth is a lot less exciting. We got into YC and registered the company name that night, and the domain name was available. The Ro connection was pointed out later. If we are forced to rebrand, we will be more thoughtful.

Re: Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

#52
post #40

Congrats on the launch. I had a vague idea about personalized medication, did not know it was the VC style scaling of 10m$->100m$ ARR business! There are some messages here complaining about the website being claude(ish). I know HN has people that care about this. They should. Mostly they would be right. But i don't see it being relevant here. Complaining about this business's website is like fluid-mechanics engineer…

We've definitely been focused on the more important parts first. I just need one flight from SFO to Austin to fix this website issue.

Re: Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

#53
post #41

I'm curious, when you say you're creating vertical integration—are you tackling GMP manufacturing and fill finish as well?

Yes. I've done it before with medical devices. Pharma is surprisingly similar, but there's more testing.

Re: Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

#54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried a GLP-1?

GLPs have lower effectiveness for the vast majority of overweight and fat people than macrocodex. You can look up GLP non-responder data; furthermore, many people use GLP-1 in a knee-jerk fashion, crashing their nutrition, which may result in loss of lean mass, bile issues, and gallbladder stone risks. And i am not the only one who is saying this, look at this: https://www.reddit.com/r/tirzepatidecompound/comments/1o…

I'm just asking if you've ever used one.

I don't want to assume, but if you've used one, you would understand the benefits are far greater than weight loss.

Re: Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

#55
post #30

Off by one letter compared to "Roman", which is a GLP prescriber farm, but you already knew this :). Hoping for a lawsuit to boost your fame? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro_(company)

The truth is a lot less exciting. We got into YC and registered the company name that night, and the domain name was available. The Ro connection was pointed out later. If we are forced to rebrand, we will be more thoughtful.

You probably not want this to show up in discovery documents when you do get sued. Pretend you didn't know about it.

Re: Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

#56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GLPs have lower effectiveness for the vast majority of overweight and fat people than macrocodex. You can look up GLP non-responder data; furthermore, many people use GLP-1 in a knee-jerk fashion, crashing their nutrition, which may result in loss of lean mass, bile issues, and gallbladder stone risks. And i am not the only one who is saying this, look at this: https://www.reddit.com/r/tirzepatidecompound/comments/1o…

I'm just asking if you've ever used one. I don't want to assume, but if you've used one, you would understand the benefits are far greater than weight loss.

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Re: Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

#57
I think as long as you dont copy the exact 39 amino acid structure of Retatrutide, and dont use the word "Retatrutide" to describe it, you'll be outside the lawsuit targets of Eli Lilly. You'd want to improve the structure in some way, possibly by reducing the GI effects, as an example:

retatrutide sequence: YAQGTFTSDYSILLDKKAQAAFIEYLLEGGPSSGAPPPS

modified sequence to reduce GI symptoms: YAQGTFTSDYSILLDKKAHAAFIEYLLEGGPSSGAPPPS

The difference is in spot 18, where it swaps the alanine with a histidine, which may reduce GI effects/nausea.

reference: https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.68719

Another improvement might be to add amylin/calcitonin receptor agonist to the sequence (similar to cagrilintide). (reference: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2502081)

Re: Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

#58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GLPs have lower effectiveness for the vast majority of overweight and fat people than macrocodex. You can look up GLP non-responder data; furthermore, many people use GLP-1 in a knee-jerk fashion, crashing their nutrition, which may result in loss of lean mass, bile issues, and gallbladder stone risks. And i am not the only one who is saying this, look at this: https://www.reddit.com/r/tirzepatidecompound/comments/1o…

I'm just asking if you've ever used one. I don't want to assume, but if you've used one, you would understand the benefits are far greater than weight loss.

What exactly are these benefits beyond weight loss?
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