Trial finds weight loss drug taken monthly helps people lose 20% of body weight – but adverse GI events were ‘common’

A new trial has found that a weight loss drug taken monthly helps people to lose 20 percent of their body weight.

Other weight loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have become popular in the U.S. Now, researchers are testing a new GLP-1 drug known as MariTide that could be competitive in the market.