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Pharma & Biotech

Evidation GLP-1 study reveals major growth runway but exposes widening access gaps

Discover how Evidation’s 165,000-person study reveals GLP-1 growth potential, access gaps and persistence risks shaping obesity care. Read more.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can Eli Lilly’s Foundayo and retatrutide deepen its grip on the diabetes and obesity market?

Find out how Eli Lilly’s Foundayo and retatrutide data could reshape diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic care.

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Pharma & Biotech

Eli Lilly and Company’s Foundayo approval could widen the obesity market faster than rivals expected

Eli Lilly and Company’s Foundayo approval could reshape obesity treatment. Read what the oral GLP-1 launch changes for clinicians, payers, and rivals.

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Pharma & Biotech

Is oral GLP-1 finally viable? Inside Ascletis Pharma’s U.S. trial for ASC30

Ascletis starts U.S. Phase II trial of ASC30 in type 2 diabetes. Find out what this oral GLP-1R agonist could mean for the future of metabolic therapies.

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Features & Analysis

Can oral GLP-1s maintain weight loss after injectables? Lilly’s orforglipron may prove it can

Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) has reported positive topline results from the ATTAIN-MAINTAIN Phase 3 trial evaluating orforglipron, its once-daily oral glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, for maintenance of weight loss in patients previously treated with injectable incretins. The trial enrolled participants who had completed 72 weeks of treatment with semaglutide (Wegovy) or tirzepatide (Zepbound)

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Pharma & Biotech

Eli Lilly’s $6bn API plant in Alabama signals new era in U.S. peptide drug manufacturing

Eli Lilly’s $6B Alabama facility will manufacture orforglipron and peptide APIs. Explore how this reshoring move could transform U.S. drug manufacturing.

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