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This GLP-1 drug helped people maintain their weight loss in a clinical trial — even for those taking it once a month
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This GLP-1 drug helped people maintain their weight loss in a clinical trial — even for those taking it once a month.
OpenBook market desk: Viking Therapeutics is developing VK2735, a GLP-1/GIP drug that could compete with Eli Lilly’s Zepbound. Its stock is soaring.
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