It has become apparent that most antibiotics bring only $100500 million in peak annual sales, which is insubstantial compared to a new drug for cancer treatment (more than $1 billion in peak annual sales) [26]
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Both the semaglutide and tirzepatide shortages that made compounding legally available were declared resolved in 2024 and 2025, the compounding wind-down deadlines have passed, and in April 2026 the FDA proposed closing the remaining legal pathway entirely
Active Ingredient: - L-Carnitine
It runs for 80 weeks (the longest in the program), enrolls a general obesity population without type 2 diabetes, and is designed to be the direct apples-to-apples analogue of SURMOUNT-1 (tirzepatide) and STEP-1 (semaglutide)
Beaudet A, Palmer JL, Timlin L, Wilson B, Bruhn D, Boye KS, Lloyd A