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Early Data On Amgen’s AMG 133 Show Potential Durability, Dosing Advantage In Obesity

 
• By Alaric DeArment

The drug is dosed once every four weeks – compared with Mounjaro and Wegovy’s weekly dosing – but the company also signaled it is considering extended dosing intervals.

Amgen announced data on AMG 133 in obesity • Source: Shutterstock

It’s still early days, but the first set of data on Amgen, Inc.’s bispecific glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) agonist and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist molecule, AMG 133, suggest it could gain an advantage on the market with its efficacy, durability and less frequent dosing in treating obesity than competing drugs.

Amgen presented data for AMG 133 on 3 December at the World Congress of Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (WCIRDC) from its first-in-human Phase I trial among patients who...

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