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\"\"<\/a>Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited announced an agreement to co-develop and commercialize pharmaceutical products for the treatment of obseity and related conditions.\u00a0 Amylin, whose top product, Byetta,\u00a0 had sales of $678.5 million last year. will receive a one-time up-front payment of $75 million from Takeda, the largest pharmaceutical company in Japan and maker of Actos, a best-selling diabetes drug.\u00a0 In a press release<\/a>, Takeda writes, “Under the terms of the agreement, Amylin will be responsible for executing development activities for potential products through phase 2 with the aim of regulatory approval in the U.S. Takeda will lead development activities beyond phase 2 in the U.S., and all development activities outside the U.S. “<\/p>\n

Obesity has become a major health problem and has reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults overweight, and at least 300 million of them obese. Obesity is linked several medical conditions including type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited announced an agreement to co-develop and commercialize pharmaceutical products for the treatment of obseity and related conditions. 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