The drug will be marketed as an obesity treatment under the name Zepbound.
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a hotly anticipated Eli Lilly obesity treatment, cracking the lid on what is widely expected to be one of the top-selling medicines in history.
The Lilly drug, which will be marketed as an obesity treatment under the name Zepbound, is already sold as a diabetes treatment under the name Mounjaro. It will compete directly with Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy. The FDA said Wednesday that patients without diabetes in one trial lost 18% of their body weight after taking Zepbound for 72 weeks. The agency approved Zepbound for adults with obesity, or who are overweight and have at least one weight related condition, such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
Lilly shares have risen 65% this year, largely due to investor enthusiasm for the drug now known as Zepbound.
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