A next-gen Eli Lilly obesity drug led to bariatric-surgery levels of weight loss in a study, but also saw patients dropping out because of side effects.

The results — the most weight loss ever seen in a medication trial — put the drug’s effectiveness on par with bariatric surgery.

A next-gen Eli Lilly obesity drug led to bariatric-surgery levels of weight loss in a study, but also saw patients dropping out because of side effects.

The results bring Lilly one step closer to filing for approval of the injection, retatrutide, which works differently from existing injections and pills.

Eli Lilly said Thursday that its triple agonist retatrutide allowed obesity patients to lose about a quarter of their weight after taking the shot for 80 weeks. This is the…

The triple-hormone injection outpaced existing weight loss drugs and approached bariatric surgery outcomes in an 80-week study

Eli Lilly reported that in a late-stage trial, its next-generation obesity drug led to weight loss approaching the effectiveness seen with bariatric surgery

Eli Lilly's retatrutide shows promise, helping obesity patients lose over 28% of their weight in a key trial.

Lilly said people on the next-generation weight loss medication across three different dosages achieved weight loss of 19% to 28%.

"We're in a zone that's historically been associated with bariatric surgery, and you're getting it with a medicine."

Many of the patients who tested the drug lost about 30 percent of their body weight — a loss comparable to the result of bariatric surgery

A new weight loss drug from Eli Lilly made patients lose 28% of their body weight on average, levels achieved only by surgery before.

Retatrutide, an experimental injectable drug, targets three hormones related to weight loss.

Eli Lilly's new obesity drug retatrutide shows remarkable results. In a major trial, patients lost up to 30% of their body weight. This once-weekly injection targets multiple…

Eli Lilly says retatrutide helped obesity trial participants lose up to 28.3% body weight in the Phase 3 TRIUMPH-1 study.

Eli Lilly's weight loss drug retatrutide helped nearly half of participants in a phase 3 trial to lose more than 30% of their weight after two years.