Pfizer Will Struggle To Catch Novo Nordisk With Oral Obesity Treatments

Dosing Is Achilles Heel For Pfizer’s First Candidate

Novo Nordisk reasserted its dominance in the GLP-1 agonist field this week, while Pfizer must hope that one of its two shots on goal is a success.

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As Novo Nordisk’s injectable GLP-1 receptor agonist drug Ozempic/Wegovy (semaglutide) and Eli Lilly’s dual GIP/GLP-1 agonist Mounjaro (tirzepatide) revolutionize obesity and type 2 diabetes treatment, Pfizer is convinced it can seize a slice of the future multi-billion-dollar market with a more convenient oral challenger.

The firm has previously estimated that the oral GLP-1 market could reach nearly $30bn by 2030 (covering both type 2 diabetes and obesity), or around a third of the entire GLP-1 market by 2030

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