
Lilly gears up trio of PhIII trials for its oral GLP-1 amid Novo Nordisk, Pfizer competition
As Novo Nordisk and Pfizer disclose some data on their oral weight loss drugs in Phase III and II, respectively, Eli Lilly is beefing up its stance in the obesity field with three late-stage clinical trials of its next-generation GLP-1 agonist orforglipron.
The moves, disclosed in updates to the federal clinical trials database this week, put the Indianapolis drugmaker ahead of Pfizer, whose science chief has said the company will “cherry-pick” which of its mid-stage candidates to take deeper into the clinic after data late this year or early next.
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