Pfizer brings Blackstone in to finance its $1.5 billion obesity drug gamble

Pfizer is getting up to $1.5 billion from Blackstone to develop berobenatide, an experimental monthly GLP-1 weight-loss drug. Pfizer keeps control of the program, but Blackstone can collect milestone payments if the drug wins U.S. approval and reaches agreed sales targets. The size of those payments has not been disclosed.

https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-blackstone-life-sciences-announce-strategic

https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/pfizer-and-blackstone-life-sciences-announce-strategic-funding-agreement-for-obesity-program/

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