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2. Orlistat - Wikipedia

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   Orlistat, sold under the brand name Xenical among others, is a medication used to treat obesity. Its primary function is preventing the absorption of fats from the human diet by acting as a lipase inhibitor, thereby reducing caloric intake. It is intended for use in conjunction with a healthcare provider-supervised reduced-calorie diet.

3. Pfizer Advances Once-Daily Weight-Loss Pill As It ... - AOL

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   July 11, 2024 at 11:45 AM. Pfizer Advances Once-Daily Weight-Loss Pill As It Catches Up To Tap The Lucrative Market. On Thursday, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced that, based on results from the ...

4. Pfizer moves forward with once-daily weight-loss pill - AOL

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   Some analysts expect the weight-loss drug market, currently dominated by Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound, to be worth more than $150 billion in annual sales by the early 2030s.

5. Pfizer's twice-daily weight-loss pill discontinued due to ...

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   Are there other pill forms of GLP-1 for weight loss? In May 2023, Novo Nordisk announced that obese or overweight adults who took a once-daily 50 milligram dose of oral semaglutide for 68 weeks ...

6. Anti-obesity medication - Wikipedia

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   e. Orlistat (Xenical), the most commonly used medication to treat obesity and sibutramine (Meridia), a medication that was withdrawn due to cardiovascular side effects. Anti-obesity medication or weight loss medications are pharmacological agents that reduce or control excess body fat. These medications alter one of the fundamental processes of ...

7. Weight loss - Wikipedia

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   Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. Weight loss is the main treatment for obesity, [1] [2] [3] and there is substantial evidence this can prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes with a 7–10% weight loss and manage cardiometabolic health for diabetic people with a ...