But the weight loss injectables landscape now includes several options: liraglutide (Saxenda, an older daily GLP-1), semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy, weekly), and tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound, weekly dual-agonist)
Lillys Zepbound, approved in November 2023 as the Indiana-based drug giants answer to Novo Nordisks Wegovy, showed 21% average weight loss after 72 weeks for its highest dose in its Phase 3 trial, and a mid-stage study of another Lilly experimental medicine, called retatrutide, showed 24% weight loss after just 48 weeks
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