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Pfizer unveils new obesity play
Posted 11 December 2025 AM
Fresh from winning the bidding war for Metsera, Pfizer has made another move into the obesity market, signing a collaboration and licence agreement for a GLP-1 pill being developed by YaoPharma.
Pfizer will pay US$150 million up front and as much as US$1.94 billion in developmental, regulatory and commercial milestone payments for the small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist YP05002, it announced on Tuesday. YaoPharma will also be eligible for royalties if the drug reaches the market.
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Posted 11 December 2025 AM
Fresh from winning the bidding war for Metsera, Pfizer has made another move into the obesity market, signing a collaboration and licence agreement for a GLP-1 pill being developed by YaoPharma.
Pfizer will pay US$150 million up front and as much as US$1.94 billion in developmental, regulatory and commercial milestone payments for the small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist YP05002, it announced on Tuesday. YaoPharma will also be eligible for royalties if the drug reaches the market.
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