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Swedish obesity challenger halts drug programme

Swedish biotech company Empros Pharma is discontinuing its obesity drug programme. Difficulties in securing funding and growing competition from GLP-1 drugs are cited as the reasons.
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The Solna-based company’s drug candidate is a different type of obesity treatment from the much-discussed GLP-1 agonists, such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide) and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound (tirzepatide).

The drug, EMP16, contains two previously approved active pharmaceutical ingredients in a new formulation designed to improve tolerability. The aim has been to complement other weight-loss treatments and offer long-term maintenance of weight loss following GLP-1 treatment.

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