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Pfizer Sees Once Daily Danuglipron In The “Reasonable Future”

 
• By Jessica Merrill

The obesity market offers big revenue potential but Pfizer’s oral GLP-1 candidate is currently dosed twice daily.

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Pfizer updated investors on its GLP-1 agonist for weight loss • Source: Shutterstock

Pfizer Inc. investors are closely watching the development of a mid-stage oral GLP-1 drug for type 2 diabetes and obesity given how lucrative the obesity market is expected to be. But if Pfizer does successfully develop danuglipron in late-stage clinical trials, the company would be entering a market dominated by experienced rivals Novo Nordisk A/S and Eli Lilly and Company.

Key Takeaways
  • Pfizer updated investors on the development of an oral GLP-1 agonist for obesity
  • The development of a once daily GLP-1 candidate was terminated in June
  • ...

The three companies are all working to bring oral GLP-1 drugs to market for obesity, with Novo Nordisk squarely in the lead with the development of a high-dose version of...

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