Weight-loss drugmakers gain as rival Amgen's data falls short
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** Drugmaker Eli Lilly's LLY.N shares rise 5.3% and smaller peerViking Therapeutics VKTX.O up 7.1% in morning trade
** Amgen AMGN.O says its experimental drug MariTide led to an avg weight loss of up to 20%, failing to meet lofty investor expectations
** Wall Street analysts said the weight-loss benefit was in line with the already approved drugs from Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO and Eli Lilly LLY.N, along with slightly higher side effects
** Viking is developing a rival candidate, VK2735, which helped patients with obesity lose nearly 15% of their body weight on average in a mid-stage study earlier this year
** Weight-loss drug stocks were also lifted by U.S. President Joe Biden plans topropose expanding Medicare and Medicaid coverage for anti-obesity drugs
** Including session's gain, LLY up~35% and VKTX had morethan tripled YTD
Reporting by Kamal Choudhury in Bengaluru
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