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Lilly In No Hurry To Share Results From Muscle-Building And Obesity Combination

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

A new muscle-building front is opening in the fight against obesity, with Lilly among the leaders. But it plans to remain tight-lipped on upcoming Phase II data for its myostatin inhibitor in combination with Novo’s Wegovy for fear of playing into the hands of its rival.

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Eli Lilly will shortly learn how well its muscle-building drug candidate, bimagrumab, works in an obesity treatment combination with Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide in a Phase II trial – but for competitive reasons will not be disclosing the results.

Bimagrumab is one of the most advanced monoclonal antibody candidates in the myostatin inhibitor class – a promising new mechanism for people with muscle-wasting conditions, but which also holds potential

Key Takeaways

  • Lilly will keep the results under wraps, and wants to launch a new Phase II study with a combination of its own Zepbound with a subcutaneous bimagrumab

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