Approval for Eli Lilly obesity drug sets up rival to Wegovy
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have cleared Eli Lilly’s injectable diabetes medication for use as a weight loss treatment, creating the first direct rival to Wegovy, Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug.
The US Food and Drug Administration and the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said patients in clinical trials of Lilly’s tirzepatide had seen “significant” weight loss compared with those given a placebo. At the highest dose, patients had lost nearly 50lbs on average, Lilly said.
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