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Rivus Banks On Muscle Sparing For Obesity Edge

 
• By Elizabeth Cairns

More information on HU6 in obesity-related heart failure backs the company’s muscle-sparing claims, but treated patients lost less than 3% of their bodyweight.    

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[Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify the primary endpoint data and incorporate comments from Rivus.]

With the first round of obesity therapy having essentially been won by Novo Nordisk A/S and Eli Lilly...

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