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Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases including obesity remain important areas of unmet medical need, and we plan to continue applying our global capabilities to advance a pipeline of investigational treatments that have the potential to fill critical gaps in patient care, including continued development of our oral GIPR antagonist candidate and other earlier obesity programs, said Chris Boshoff, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer and President, Research and Development at Pfizer
The compounded approach eliminates the premium pricing associated with branded pharmaceutical marketing and manufacturing scale, making the medication more accessible to patients paying out-of-pocket
However, the hormonal optimization effects are not permanent without continued use
In patients treated with semaglutide, weight loss continued over 65 weeks and was sustained for up to 4 years