Forbes July 11, 2024
Robert Hart

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Pfizer on Thursday said it is moving forward with a once-daily weight loss pill, danuglipron, after getting promising data from an early-stage trial, a milestone for the pharma giant hoping to enter the lucrative obesity drug market and compete with popular weight loss injections Wegovy and Zepbound.

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How Long Until Pfizer’s Weight Loss Pill Reaches The Market?

Danuglipron is still undergoing early-stage clinical trials and even in the best case scenario for the drugmaker it will still be many years before the pill reaches consumers. If the drug succeeds in mid-stage trials, which is far from guaranteed, Pfizer must then undertake late-stage trials, which can be lengthy and for which there are also no guarantees of success....

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