Tirzepatide - Eli Lilly and Company
Alternative Names: GIP/GLP-1 RA; LY-3298176; Mounjaro; Mounjaro KwikPen; Zepbound; ZEPBOUND KwikPenLatest Information Update: 24 Sep 2025
At a glance
- Originator Eli Lilly and Company
- Developer Eli Lilly and Company; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
- Class Antihyperglycaemics; Antipsoriatics; Antirheumatics; Glucagon-like peptides; Heart failure therapies; Hepatoprotectants; Obesity therapies; Sleep disorder therapies
- Mechanism of Action Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor agonists; Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Obesity; Sleep apnoea syndrome; Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Preregistration Heart failure
- Phase III Plaque psoriasis; Psoriatic arthritis; Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Phase II Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Most Recent Events
- 18 Sep 2025 Efficacy and adverse event data from the phase III SURPASS-PEDS trial in Type 2 diabetes mellitus released by Eli Lilly and Company
- 31 Jul 2025 Efficacy and adverse events data from a phase III SURPASS-CVOT trial in Type 2 diabetes mellitus released by Eli Lilly and Company
- 16 Jul 2025 Launched for Obesity in Japan (SC)