Specifically, in the SUSTAIN‐6 trial, patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk had a reduced rate of cardiovascular death, non‐fatal myocardial infarction and non‐fatal stroke when treated with the recently approved GLP‐1 mimetic semaglutide (Marso, Bain, et al., 2016). Here, GLP1R is linked to cardiovascular disorder.