Zealand Investors DREAM On

New academic data on obesity therapy dapiglutide are a prelude to a more significant readout.    

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Data on Zealand Pharma A/S’s obesity candidate dapiglutide are keenly awaited – but the results of the DREAM trial of the asset, released today, are not the right ones. Mean weight loss of just 4.3% was seen after three months’ treatment with low doses of dapiglutide, and Zealand’s shares slipped 3% to DKK582 on the Copenhagen exchange.

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