To the Editor More than 4 years after the first description of exenatide-related pancreatitis, the recent study by Singh et al1 reports a 2-fold increased risk of hospital admission for acute pancreatitis with glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) mimetics, compared with other antidiabetics.1 The study has immediately fuelled the debate on this topic,2 but a different design is definitely needed to fully elucidate this issue in a more comprehensive clinical perspective.