Competition heats up in weight loss drug pills, injectables space

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Competition heats up in weight loss drug pills, injectables space
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A number of clinical trial data provided a peek into the stiff competition developing in the obesity treatment space as three drug giants battle for a piece of what is estimated to be a $100 billion market by the end of the decade.

Novo Nordisk's greatest competition remains Eli Lilly . The two are already fierce competitors in the diabetes care and insulin space, and Eli Lilly has a number of competing products on the market and in the pipeline.for its oral candidate, orforglipron, showing up to 14.7% weight loss. On Monday, it revealed Phase 2 data for its experimental weight loss injection, retatrutide, showing up to 24% weight loss.

Pfizer , meanwhile, is finding its footing in the oral treatment race. Pfizer said it would pursue its twice-daily pill, danuglipron, over its once-daily candidate, lotiglipron, due to concerns of elevated liver damage risk in early-stage trials. The company is moving the drug into Phase 2 to figure out the most effective dosing but said it will also work on trying to make it a once-daily pill in order to compete with Rybelsus and orforglipron.

half of US adults would be willing to pay $100 per month for a weight loss drug, the cost of Wegovy and Ozempic ranges from more than $800 to more than $1,300 out of pocket.

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