Close to 40% of the US adult population is now obese and the WHO and AMA define obesity as a disease. So it’s perhaps no surprise that Evaluate Pharma is forecasting sales by indication of $50bn in 2028 and CAGR between 2021 and 2028 at around 36%.
The R&D pipeline is filling up as more and more companies try to grab a slice of this potentially huge pie. However, such prevalence means that obesity has an impact on the development and approval of many treatment, not just those to combat obesity. What are the bigger questions that the pharma market needs to consider?