Obesity Treatment Could Go Global With Lilly’s Orforglipron

The company’s oral GLP-1 candidate has reassured on its safety at the American Diabetes Association meeting, convincing analysts it will open up new global markets.

Eli Lilly has presented data which reinforces the view that its once daily pill, the GLP-1 agonist candidate orforglipron, is a future global market leader in obesity treatment.

Topline efficacy data from the ACHIEVE-1 study released two months ago showed that orforglipron helped people with type 2 diabetes...

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