Weight Loss

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Pharmaceutical scientist analyzing molecular data, representing the complex balance between drug efficacy and patient tolerability in obesity treatment.

Boehringer's obesity drug shows efficacy, faces tolerability challenge

In a pivotal Phase 3 obesity trial, 19% of patients on Boehringer Ingelheim and Zealand Pharma's experimental drug survodutide discontinued treatment due to severe gastrointestinal side effects, a rat

Yasmin Haddad·June 8, 2026

A scientist in a futuristic lab examining a holographic display of a triple hormone receptor drug, representing Pfizer's new obesity treatment.

Cosmos & Physics

Pfizer advances monthly obesity drug targeting triple hormone receptors

Pfizer is advancing a monthly weight-loss injection, danuglipron, having announced positive early-stage data.

Dr. Evelyn Reed·June 7, 2026