The FDA has accepted Eli Lilly And Co’s LLY Zepbound (tirzepatide) injection, the primary and solely weight problems therapy of its sort that prompts each GIP (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide) and GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) hormone receptors.
The energetic ingredient within the drug, tirzepatide, has already been accepted for Kind 2 diabetes beneath the title Mounjaro since Could 2022.
Mounjaro (Kind 2 diabetes injection) Q3 gross sales reached $1.41 billion in comparison with $187.3 million a yr in the past.
The approval was based mostly on outcomes from the section 3 SURMOUNT-1 and SURMOUNT-2 trials. On the highest dose (15 mg), individuals taking Zepbound misplaced on common 48 lb., whereas on the lowest dose (5 mg), individuals misplaced on common 34 lb. (in comparison with 7 lb. on placebo).
Moreover, 1 in 3 sufferers taking Zepbound on the highest dose misplaced over 58 lb. (25% of physique weight), in comparison with 1.5% on placebo.
Zepbound is anticipated to be out there within the U.S. by the top of the yr in six doses (2.5 mg, 5 mg, 7.5 mg, 10 mg, 12.5 mg, 15 mg) at a listing worth of $1,059.87, which is roughly 20% decrease than Nova Nordisk A/S’s NVO semaglutide 2.4 mg injection for weight reduction (Wegovy and Ozempic).
People who find themselves commercially insured with protection for Zepbound could also be eligible to pay as little as $25 for a 1-month or 3-month prescription.
People who find themselves commercially insured with out protection for Zepbound could also be eligible to pay as little as $550 for a 1-month prescription of Zepbound, roughly 50% decrease than the record worth.
Value Motion: LLY shares are up 1.99% at $611.84 on the final verify Wednesday.
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