STAT August 1, 2024
Eli Lilly’s obesity drug Zepbound cut the risk of complications and improved symptoms in patients with a common type of heart failure, making it the second GLP-1 drug to show positive results in the disease area after Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.
The Phase 3 trial studied patients who had heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (or HFpEF) and obesity. Some participants also had type 2 diabetes. Over two years, Zepbound cut...