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Eli Lilly obesity drug trial participants losing ‘too much weight,’ STAT reports

Eli Lilly obesity drug trial participants losing ‘too much weight,’ STAT reports

In ongoing trials of Eli Lilly’s (LLY) next-generation obesity drug, several trial participants are losing too much weight, STAT’s Elaine Chen reports. One participant lost 22% of her weight in nine months, substantially faster than the rate seen with approved GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound, and her weight dropped so much that researchers reduced her dose of the treatment, called retatrutide, Chen writes.

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