- In October 2024, VIVUS and UpScriptHealth have launched ChooseQ. online, a telehealth platform that offers convenient access to QSYMIA for weight management. This service allows patients to consult with healthcare providers online and receive QSYMIA directly at home. This initiative aims to improve accessibility to obesity treatment through telemedicine
- In October 2024, Zealand Pharma announced that Boehringer Ingelheim received U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for Survodutide (BI 456906) for the treatment of non-cirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) with moderate or advanced fibrosis. This designation accelerates its development due to promising Phase II results
- In March 2025, Zealand Pharma announced the completion of participant enrolment in the Phase 2b ZUPREME-1 trial for Petrelintide, a long-acting amylin analog aimed at treating overweight and obesity. The trial will assess the effects of various doses of Petrelintide on body weight, safety, and tolerability over 42 weeks, with results expected in 2025
- On March 2025, Raziel Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company focused on next-generation prescription products for the medical aesthetics market, has announced the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical study in China for RZL-012, aimed at reducing submental fat (SMF). SMF reduction is the first indication for RZL-012, with potential applications for various aesthetic fat reduction treatments in body shaping
- In October 2022, ReShape Lifesciences, a leader in weight loss and metabolic health solutions, announced that the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) have released updated guidelines for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, which now include the Lap-Band. These guidelines replace the previous 30-year-old standards established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1991
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Companies such as Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark), Eli Lilly and Company (U.S.), Medtronic (U.S.), Boston Scientific Corporation (U.S.), Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. (U.S.) are the major companies in the global obesity treatment market.
In October 2024, VIVUS and UpScriptHealth have launched ChooseQ. online, a telehealth platform that offers convenient access to QSYMIA for weight management. This service allows patients to consult with healthcare providers online and receive QSYMIA directly at home. This initiative aims to improve accessibility to obesity treatment through telemedicine.
The countries covered in the global obesity treatment market are U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, U.K., France, Russia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, Austria, Ireland, rest of Europe, China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, rest of Asia-Pacific, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, rest of South America, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., South Africa, Egypt, Kuwait, Israel, and rest of Middle East and Africa.
