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flag Hengrui and Kailera report promising weight loss results with oral ribupatide in Chinese adults with obesity, paving the way for Phase 3 trials.

flag Hengrui Pharma and Kailera Therapeutics report positive Phase 2 trial results for oral ribupatide, a once-daily pill targeting GLP-1 and GIP receptors, in adults with obesity in China. flag Participants taking 25 mg or 50 mg doses lost up to 12.1% of body weight over 26 weeks, compared to 2.3% in the placebo group, with no plateau observed. flag At the 25 mg dose, 59.1% lost at least 10% and 38.6% lost 15% or more. flag Gastrointestinal side effects were common but mostly mild, with no treatment discontinuations. flag The companies plan to advance the oral formulation into Phase 3 trials in China and continue global development of the injectable version.

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