Drugmaker Eli Lilly says its oral, daily GLP-1 pill may offer similar weight loss results as weekly GLP-1 shots.

Eli Lilly, the maker of Mounjaro and Zepbound, said Thursday that the company's new orforglipron pill can offer up to an average of 27.3 pounds of weight loss, according to results from the first of two of its Phase 3 trials that included more than 3,100 overweight or obese adults.

"With orforglipron, we're working to transform obesity care by introducing a potential once-daily oral therapy that could support early intervention and long-term disease management, while offering a convenient alternative to injectable treatments," Kenneth Custer, an executive vice president and president of Lilly Cardiometabolic Health, said in a statement. "With these positive data in hand, w

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