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Building out in obesity

AstraZeneca is building an obesity portfolio it hopes can compete beyond the GLP-1 incumbents

June 29, 2026 7:35 PM UTC

AstraZeneca is quietly assembling an obesity portfolio that could give it a credible path to challenge the entrenched leaders in the space, while adding a new leg of growth beyond 2030.

AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NYSE:AZN) is no stranger to GLP-1s, having marketed Bydureon exenatide, the world’s first once-weekly GLP-1R agonist for Type II diabetes...