New data indicating Eli Lilly’s obesity shot Zepbound works better than Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy could add fuel to Lilly’s new efforts to market the drug as shortages ease.Recent months have brought new questions about whether the sky-high expectations for Zepbound’s sales—which have sent Lilly’s share price up more than 230% over the past three years—may be overly optimistic.

Eli Lilly said its drug Zepbound led to greater weight reduction than rival Novo Nordisk's Wegovy in a head-to-head randomized controlled trial.

Drugmaker Eli Lilly is claiming victory in the battle of weight loss drugs, now one of the most competitive and lucrative areas of the pharmaceutical indus

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Results from the head-to-head study showed treatment with Zepbound resulted in 47% greater relative weight loss than Wegovy, a finding that could advantage Lilly in the companies’ market competition.

Eli Lilly said patients taking its obesity drug Zepbound lost 47% more weight than those who were given Novo Nordisk's Wegovy in a study.

Zepbound, the new GLP-1 weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly & Co., has outperformed its main competitor, Wegovy, in a clinical trial funded by Lilly.

Eli Lilly said on Wednesday patients taking its obesity drug Zepbound lost 47% more weight than those who were given Novo Nordisk's Wegovy in the first large, head-to-head trial of the highly in-demand rival medicines.

Eli Lilly & Co. said its weight-loss drug Zepbound outperformed rival Novo Nordisk A/S’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head trial of the two blockbusters. In the study sponsored by Lilly, those on Zepbound lost an average of about 50 pounds over 72 weeks.

With more people taking the weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound, one question inevitably arises: which one is more effective? In a press release, Lilly announced that in its latest trial comparing its medication,