Pfizer Advances Development of Once-Daily Weight-Loss Pill Danuglipron with 2024 Trials

Jul 11, 2024, 12:04 PM

Pfizer is advancing the development of a once-daily formulation of its experimental weight-loss pill, danuglipron, which targets the multibillion-dollar market for obesity medications. The company announced on Thursday it will conduct dose optimization studies in the second half of 2024 after obtaining promising pharmacokinetic results for the modified release formulation. This decision follows the scrapping of a twice-daily version of the drug late last year. Danuglipron is a GLP-1 receptor agonist, and Pfizer aims to determine the optimal dosage in upcoming clinical trials later this year after getting promising data from an early-stage trial.