Viatris Aims To Be At The Vanguard For Mammoth GLP-1 Opportunities

Recently Disclosed Tirzepatide Among Several Assets Viatris Plans To Take Forward

GLP-1s are all the rage in pharma, not least because of the commercial force of prescription brands like Wegovy. Viatris, which has molded into a more innovative-thinking company, has outlined its intentions to compete in the space.

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Viatris anticipates having a “significant role going forward” in the upcoming off-patent GLP-1 obesity and diabetes market, underlining that it has secured a crucial – yet unspecified – supply of active pharmaceutical ingredient for its planned assets and “certainly have invested in our capability to manufacture.”

“We are looking at developing multiple GLP-1s: semaglutide and liraglutide, as well as Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro (tirzepatide),” the firm’s management...

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