STAT+: Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 pill Foundayo helped alleviate sleep apnea in studies
Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 pill Foundayo helped alleviate sleep apnea in two late-stage studies, but it doesn’t appear as effective as Lilly’s injectable drug Zepbound.
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In a one-year trial of patients who weren’t receiving PAP therapy, a form of ventilation, those on Foundayo saw a reduction of 17.8 “events” per hour on the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), a measure of the number of times breathing stops and becomes restricted while sleeping.
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