Weight-Loss Pills Widen the Market
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The idea
I believe oral weight-loss drugs will pull in a whole new group of patients who never wanted an injection, growing the obesity market rather than just shifting existing patients around. The core sits with the two companies already selling pills, backed by the next wave of oral drugs in late-stage trials, plus the distributors and pharmacies that get paid on volume regardless of which pill wins. I keep a small cash buffer and size it for the long run, so the leaders carry the most weight while the smaller names stay small.
What it owns
- These are the only two companies with approved weight-loss pills already on the market, setting the standard for efficacy and safety that later entrants must match. · Eli Lilly and CompanyIt makes Foundayo, which has won backing from European regulators and is being pursued in roughly forty markets worldwide., Novo Nordisk A/SIt was first to sell a weight-loss pill and early data shows most new prescriptions go to patients new to GLP-1 drugs entirely.39%
- These companies have weight-loss pills in mid or late-stage development that could reach patients within the next few years and expand the total market. · AstraZeneca PLCIt brings an established drug development and manufacturing platform to the obesity market with an oral candidate advancing through late-stage trials., Structure Therapeutics Inc.It is developing an oral GLP-1 therapy that, if successful, could offer patients an alternative to existing injectable options in the growing obesity treatment market., Viking Therapeutics Inc.It is advancing an oral weight-loss therapy through late-stage development as a candidate that could capture share in the expanding pill-based segment of the obesity market., Merck & Co. Inc.It licensed an oral GLP-1 drug, indicating a major pharmaceutical company sees commercial value in the pill market., Pfizer Inc.It acquired a pipeline of obesity drugs after discontinuing its own pill, committing resources to the belief that a larger market is developing., Septerna Inc.It partners with Novo on oral obesity drugs, so it captures value if Novo continues investing in the belief that pills will dominate the market.28%
- These businesses earn revenue on every prescription filled, regardless of which drugmaker's pill the patient takes, so they benefit from growth in the weight-loss market. · McKesson CorporationAs the largest US drug distributor, it handles more prescriptions whenever weight-loss drug volume grows, regardless of the maker., Cencora Inc.It distributes injectable weight-loss medications and stands to gain additional volume as oral formulations expand the total number of patients receiving treatment., CVS Health CorporationIt fills prescriptions and influences insurance coverage decisions, so it stands to benefit when pills reach more patients at lower cost., Cardinal Health Inc.As the third major US drug distributor, it earns on every prescription it moves, so growth in weight-loss pill volume raises its revenue., Hims & Hers Health Inc.It sells weight-loss treatment online to cash-paying patients who may prefer pills over injections, matching the direct-to-consumer model to patient preference., GoodRx Holdings Inc.It helps patients find discounted cash prices on prescriptions, and pills sold directly to new patients align with its pricing-search model.25%
- Cash8%