Living dossier · Competitive landscape

GLP-1 receptor in Obesity

Primary identifiers
6
Sponsors tracked
6
Evidence types
2 of 3
Last refreshed
2026-07-28 · monthly

MightyRayn panel synthesis

OmniRayn’s reading of this landscape — our interpretation, not a registry fact

The efficacy contest at the top of this field is effectively settled, which means a new molecule must now differentiate on something other than weight lost. Two axes are visibly contested in the registry: route and dosing interval — oral non-peptide entrants and a weekly-to-monthly programme both appear here — and the comorbid population served. What the record does not yet establish is durable differentiation on the QUALITY of weight lost, which is tracked on our lean-mass landscape. Read the two pages together: they compete for the same prescription.

Programs and primary evidence

SponsorAssetPhaseMechanismPrimary source
PfizerMET0972long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist
  • NCT06973720Phase 2b VESPER-3 evaluating once-weekly to once-monthly dosing in obesity/overweight
Structure Therapeutics (Gasherbrum Bio)Aleniglipron3oral non-peptide GLP-1 receptor agonist
  • NCT07654361Pivotal Phase 3 of once-daily oral aleniglipron for chronic weight management
KaileraKAI-9531 (ribupatide)3weekly injectable incretin agonist
  • NCT07284901Phase 3 in participants living with obesity or overweight and diabetes
Verdiva BioEcnoglutide (VRB-101)2weekly oral GLP-1 receptor agonist
  • NCT07553299Phase 2 dose-finding for weight maintenance in obesity/overweight
Hangzhou Sciwind BiosciencesXW003 (ecnoglutide)3injectable GLP-1 receptor agonist
  • NCT07387094Phase 3 in obese participants with obstructive sleep apnea
Mount Sinai Hospital / University of Torontoreviewmechanistic and pharmacological review

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