Four-dose Mounjaro KwikPen approved by MHRA

26 January 2024

The UK’S Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a four-dose version (covering a month’s treatment) of the diabetes and weight management medicine Mounjaro (tirzepatide) - Mounjaro KwikPen.

The authorization of the US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly's (NYSE: LLY) Mounjaro KwikPen means the company will be able to "begin supply to the UK within weeks," according to Laura Steele, president and general manager of UK and Northern Europe.

In the USA, tirzepatide is marketed under the brand name Zepbound for obesity, and is in fierce competition with Danish diabetes care giant Novo Nordisk NOV: N) Wegovy (semaglutide). Tirzepatide in both the diabetes and weight loss indications generated sales of $1.4 billion for Lilly in the third quartreof 2023.

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