NVO - Eli Lilly's Mounjaro Outpaces Novo Nordisk's Ozempic In Weight Loss Effectiveness Study Shows | Benzinga
Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE:LLY) has come out on top in a weight loss drug competition in a recent study. The study found that patients on Lilly’s Mounjaro lost more weight than those on Novo Nordisk’s (NYSE:NVO) Ozempic.
What Happened: The study, published on the JAMA Internal Medicine website, analyzed the electronic health records of approximately 41,000 obese or overweight patients who were prescribed these drugs.
It revealed that Mounjaro users experienced a mean loss in body weight of 5.9% at three months, compared to 3.6% for Ozempic users. At six months, the mean loss was 10.1% for Mounjaro users versus 5.8% for Ozempic users.
At 12 months, the mean body weight loss was 15.3% for Mounjaro users and 8.3% for Ozempic users. The risk ...