Michael Siluk | UCG | Getty ImagesBoehringer IngelheimBoehringer Ingelheim is developing a weight loss drug with Danish biotech firm Zealand Pharma. Some popular weight loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk's Wegovy only target GLP-1. Terns PharmaceuticalsSmaller drugmakers are developing their own weight loss drugs. Quirk acknowledged that it may be difficult for Terns to set its pill apart from other weight loss drugs. Viking Therapeutics expects to release mid-stage trial data on its weight loss injection in the first half of the year.

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