GSK pill works in uncomplicated gonorrhea

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• Viking Therapeutics reported results from a mid-stage study of its obesity drug, called VK2735, showing average weight loss of 13%, adjusted for placebo, after 13 weeks. Gastrointestinal side effects were mild to moderate and discontinuations were equivalent across the placebo and VK2735 arms of the study. Viking’s stock price doubled in pre-market trading.

GSK pill works in uncomplicated gonorrhea

Gepotidacin, an experimental oral antibiotic made by GSK, successfully cleared gonorrhea in patients — performing just as well as a combination of cetriaxone and azithromycin, the standard treatment. Gonorrhea is on the rise, and growing increasingly resistant to antibiotics; it is considered by the WHO as a priority pathogen.

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