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Last Update2025-08-26
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Event Overview
The successful advancement of oral weight loss drugs in late-stage clinical trials highlights the increasing pharmaceutical focus on obesity and type 2 diabetes management through innovative therapeutics. Regulatory pathways and healthcare systems may face pressure to accelerate approval and accessibility of new treatments. The results underscore the potential for oral medications to disrupt injectable drug markets and shift treatment paradigms for chronic metabolic diseases globally.
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Eli Lilly's Oral Weight Loss Drug Orforglipron Meets Late-Stage Trial Goals
Eli Lilly announced on Tuesday that its once-daily oral weight loss pill, orforglipron, helped obese and type 2 diabetes patients lose weight in a late-stage clinical trial, achieving the study's main goal and paving the way for global regulatory approval. During the 72-week trial, patients taking the highest dose of orforglipron lost an average of 10.5% of their body weight (about 10.4 kilograms), compared to a 2.2% weight loss for those taking a placebo. When including all patients, even those who dropped out, the drug's weight loss effect was 9.6%. Eli Lilly's oral treatment does not have dietary restrictions, unlike similar therapies from competitors.