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Eli Lilly on Friday said its popular weight-loss drug Zepbound helped resolve moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea in up to 52% of patients in two late-stage trials.U.S.-based Lilly and Danish rival Novo Nordisk are in a race to get their obesity drugs approved to treat other ailments. Novo's Wegovy was approved as a treatment for heart disease in March, while Lilly's own heart-disease trial for Zepbound is expected to conclude this year.
The criteria for disease resolution was patients experiencing fewer than five episodes of shallow or no breathing per hour during sleep, or five to 14 episodes and not being excessively sleepy during the day, according to Lilly.Lilly said 14.9% of patients on a placebo also achieved disease resolution in the first study, along with 13.6% in the second.
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