A new drug from California-based pharma company Amgen, which has concluded a phase II trial, shows promise as a powerful ...

Drugs such as Ozempic (a brand name for semaglutide) are showing promise for weight loss. Another medication in the same ...

The new weight loss drug which is set to give Ozempic and Mounjaro a run for their money, MariTide, is taken on a monthly ...

The once-monthly drug is still under study but could provide added convenience and another option for patients.

Amgen’s monthly obesity candidate led to substantial weight loss but a high rate of side effects and discontinuations in a ...

Alternatives to weekly injections of weight-loss drugs may be on the way. A monthly dose of a new drug called MariTide helped ...

Viking Therapeutics VKTX announced that it has initiated the phase III VANQUISH program, evaluating the subcutaneous (SC) ...

In a Phase II trial, Amgen’s investigational therapy MariTide (maridebart cafraglutide) delivered significant, sustained ...

Trial finds weight loss drug taken monthly helps people lose 20% of body weight – but adverse GI events were ‘common’ - The ...

While Amgen’s monthly obesity candidate MariTide helped patients lose significant amounts of weight in a phase 2 study, ...

Full Phase 2 study results showed side effects that led people to stop treatment with MariTide, as well as weight loss ...

Amgen's weight-loss drug MariTide had a successful Phase 2 trial so the company is expanding development plans to study its use for heart disease and sleep apnea.