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Eli Lilly’s Zepbound Leads to Greater Weight Loss vs. Novo Nordisk Drug in Head-to-Head Test

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The post Eli Lilly’s Zepbound Leads to Greater Weight Loss vs. Novo Nordisk Drug in Head-to-Head Test appeared first on MedCity News. Eli Lilly obesity drug Zepbound led to 47% greater relative weight loss compared to Wegovy in a head-to-head clinical trial.

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Rare Metabolic Disease That Leads to Childhood Obesity Gets Its First FDA-Approved Drug

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The once-daily pill is the first approved therapy for this rare disease, a leading cause of childhood obesity. The post Rare Metabolic Disease That Leads to Childhood Obesity Gets Its First FDA-Approved Drug appeared first on MedCity News.

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Read to lead: 6 books pharma execs swear by

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From an epic, alternative reality fantasy to a ‘biography of cancer,’ these six reads have stuck with pharma execs as they navigate how to lead.

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Terns Pharma Oral GLP-1 Drug Leads to Greater Than 5% Weight Loss in Small Study

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The post Terns Pharma Oral GLP-1 Drug Leads to Greater Than 5% Weight Loss in Small Study appeared first on MedCity News. Terns is one of several companies developing oral GLP-1 obesity medications that could become alternatives to currently available injectable products from this drug class.

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M&A Monday: AstraZeneca Leads Way as Three Pharmas Splash Out $3.5B in Deals

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billion to acquire CinCor Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech whose lead drug candidate has the potential to treat hypertension in a new way. AstraZeneca has committed $1.3 In other M&A news, Ipsen and Chiesi Farmaceutici each announced acquisitions of rare disease biotechs. All three deals come with contingent value rights.

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Novo Nordisk Commits $285M to Ascendis to Kick Off Alliance on Longer-Acting GLP-1 Drugs

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The Novo Nordisk/Ascendis partnership’s lead program is once-monthly injectable semaglutide for type 2 diabetes and obesity. This product candidate will be developed with Ascendis Pharma technology that has already yielded two FDA-approved products with longer dosing intervals.

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Fat-shedding pill’s data lead to a $132M funding round for startup Rivus Pharma

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Rivus Pharmaceuticals’ Series B round will finance ongoing clinical development of its lead drug, a pill that targets mitochondria to increase caloric expenditure.

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