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Rivus Gets A Muscle-Sparing Heart Failure Hit

 
• By Elizabeth Cairns

But competing with the likes of Wegovy and Zepbound will be a big ask.

Arm muscle tape measure

While incretin drugs work nicely in a variety of metabolic disorders, many experts inside and outside the biopharma industry are exercised about one of their apparent drawbacks: the risk of loss of muscle tissue.

Key Takeaways
  • Rivus Pharmaceuticals’ HU6 succeeded in a mid-stage trial in obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

One of the companies aiming to avoid this is Rivus Pharmaceuticals, whose HU6 has hit in a mid-stage trial...

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