New weekly shot shows promise for major weight loss in obesity trial
NCT ID NCT06066515
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new medicine called survodutide (BI 456906) to help people with obesity or overweight lose weight. Over 700 adults without type 2 diabetes received either the drug or a placebo injection once a week for about a year and a half, along with diet and exercise advice. Researchers measured weight changes and checked for side effects to see if the treatment is safe and effective.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- survodutide (BI 456906), a once-weekly injection
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new treatment option for significant weight loss in people with obesity or overweight.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed Phase 3 trial, but results are not yet published. Weight loss may vary, and side effects like nausea or injection site reactions are possible. Long-term safety and effectiveness are still being evaluated.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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726 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female, age ≥18 years at the time of signing informed consent, and at least the legal age of consent in countries where it is \>18 years 2. Body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m\^2 at screening, OR BMI ≥27 kg/m\^2 with the presence of at least one of the obesity-related complications (treated or untreated) e.g,: * Hypertension (defined as repeated, i.e. at least 3 measurements in resting condition, systolic blood pressure (SBP) values of ≥140 millimetre of mercury (mmHg) and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) values of ≥90 mmHg in the absence of anti-hypertensive treatment, or intake of at least 1 anti-hypertensive drug to maintain a normotensive blood pressure) * Dyslipidaemia (defined as at least 1 lipid-lowering treatment required to maintain normal blood lipid levels, or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ≥160 mg/dL (≥4.1 mmol/L), or triglycerides ≥150 mg/dL (≥1.7 mmol/L), or high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol \<40 mg/dL (\<1.0 mmol/L) for men or HDL cholesterol 50 mg/dL (\<1.3 mmol/L) for women) * Obstructive sleep apnoea * Others. 3. History of at least one self-reported unsuccessful dietary effort to lose body weight. Further inclusion criteria apply. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Body weight change (self-reported) of \>5% within 3 months before screening. 2. Treatment with any medication for the indication obesity within 3 months before screening. 3. Glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥6.5% (≥48 mmol/mol) as measured by the central laboratory at screening. 4. History of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) or treatment with glucose lowering agent started within 3 months before the screening up to and including the randomisation visit. 5. Heart failure (HF) with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class IV. 6. Known clinically significant gastric emptying abnormality (e.g. severe diabetic gastroparesis or gastric outlet obstruction). 7. History of either chronic or acute pancreatitis or elevation of serum lipase or serum pancreatic amylase \>2x upper limit of normal (ULN) as measured by the central laboratory at screening. 8. Personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN 2). Further exclusion criteria apply.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AMR Lexington
Lexington, Kentucky, 40509, United States
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ASZ - Campus Aalst
Aalst, 9300, Belgium
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Accellacare-Wilmington-67123
Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401, United States
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Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University
Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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Aggarwal and Associates Ltd.
Brampton, Ontario, L6T 0G1, Canada
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Ajou University Hospital
Suwon, 16499, South Korea
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Albion Finch Medical Centre
Toronto, Ontario, M9V 4B4, Canada
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Alliance for Multispecialty Research, LLC - Doral
Doral, Florida, 33172, United States
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Austin Health
Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia
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Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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Beijing Pinggu Hospital
Beijing, 101200, China
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Bradford on Avon Health Centre
Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DQ, United Kingdom
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Burbage Surgery
Burbage, Hinkley, LE10 2SE, United Kingdom
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CORE Research Group
Milton, Queensland, 4064, Australia
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CRST - Clinical Research Services Turku
Turku, 20520, Finland
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Center Hospital of Jinan
Jinan, 250013, China
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Changzhou Second People's Hospital
Changzhou, 213004, China
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Clifton Medical Centre, Rotherham
Rotherham, S65 1DA, United Kingdom
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Clinical Research Center METABOLICA lek. Robert Witek
Tarnów, 33-100, Poland
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Consano Clinical Research
Shavano Park, Texas, 78231, United States
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Diabetes & Glandular Disease Clinic, P.A.
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Diabetes Zentrum Hamburg West
Hamburg, 22607, Germany
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Diablo Clinical Research
Walnut Creek, California, 94598, United States
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Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital
Goyang, 10326, South Korea
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Dr. James Lai
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E1, Canada
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ETG Lublin
Lublin, 20-412, Poland
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ETG Siedlce
Siedlce, 08-110, Poland
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East Coast Institute for Research, LLC - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, 32216, United States
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East-West Medical Research
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96814, United States
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Edegem - UNIV UZ Antwerpen
Edegem, 2650, Belgium
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EmVenio Research-Oklahoma City-70053
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73139, United States
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EmVenio Research-Phoenix-69743
Phoenix, Arizona, 85032, United States
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Encompass Clinical Research, Spring Valley
Spring Valley, California, 91978, United States
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Evanston Premier Healthcare Research LLC
Skokie, Illinois, 60077, United States
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Forskningsenheten Carlanderska
Gothenburg, 40545, Sweden
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Forth Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Harbin, 150599, China
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Franciscus Gasthuis
Rotterdam, 3045 PM, Netherlands
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Fukuhama Chuo Clinic
Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 810-0066, Japan
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Gachon University Gil Medical Center
Incheon, 21565, South Korea
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Griffith Health
Southport, Queensland, 4125, Australia
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Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital
Guangzhou, 510080, China
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HUS, Lihavuustutkimusyksikkö Biomedicum Helsinki
Helsinki, 00290, Finland
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Hachioji Diabetes Clinic
Tokyo, Hachioji, 192-0083, Japan
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Hunter Diabetes Centre
Merewether, New South Wales, 2291, Australia
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Huzhou Central Hospital
Huzhou, 313000, China
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InnoDiab Forschung GmbH
Essen, 45136, Germany
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Institut für Diabetesforschung Münster GmbH
Münster, 48145, Germany
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Itä-Suomen yliopisto/Health Step Finland Oy
Kuopio, 70600, Finland
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James Cha, MD
Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 2K1, Canada
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Juno Research, LLC
Houston, Texas, 77040, United States
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Kangbuk Samsung Hospital
Seoul, 110-746, South Korea
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Keogh Institute for Medical Research
Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Kiltearn Medical Centre
Nantwich, CW5 5NX, United Kingdom
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Kobe University Hospital
Hyogo, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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Kyungpook National University Hospital
Daegu, 41944, South Korea
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L-MARC Research Center
Louisville, Kentucky, 40213, United States
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Ladulaas Kliniska Studier
Borås, 506 30, Sweden
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Lucas Research, Inc.
Morehead City, North Carolina, 28557, United States
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MVZ im Altstadt-Caree Fulda GmbH
Fulda, 36037, Germany
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Manassas Clinical Research Center
Manassas, Virginia, 20110, United States
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Medicinmottagning 5/Överviktsenheten
Örebro, 70362, Sweden
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Milestone Research Inc.
London, Ontario, N5W 6A2, Canada
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Monash University
Box Hill, Victoria, 3128, Australia
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New Horizon Research Center-Miami-69732
Miami, Florida, 33165, United States
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Noritake Clinic
Ibaraki, Ushiku, 300-1207, Japan
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Optimal Clinical Trials North
Rosedale, Auckland, 0632, New Zealand
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P3 Research Dunedin
Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
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P3 Research-Newtown Wellington NZ-33770
Newtown Wellington NZ, 6021, New Zealand
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P3 Research-Tauranga-34833
Tauranga, 3110, New Zealand
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PI HOUSE Sp. z o.o., Gdansk
Gdansk, 80-546, Poland
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PT & R
Born, 6121 XK, Netherlands
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Peking University People's Hospital
Beijing, 100044, China
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Physicians East, PA
Greenville, North Carolina, 27834, United States
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Pingxiang People's Hospital
Pingxiang, 337000, China
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Power Clinical Research
Montreal, Quebec, H3M 1L3, Canada
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Premier Research, Inc.
Trenton, New Jersey, 08611, United States
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Rainier Clinical Research Center
Renton, Washington, 98057, United States
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Roeselare - HOSP AZ Delta
Roeselare, 8800, Belgium
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Sabbatsbergs sjukhus
Stockholm, 113 61, Sweden
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Sameh Fikry Medicine Professional Corporation
Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1C4, Canada
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam, 13620, South Korea
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Severance Hospital
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital affiliated to Fudan University
Shanghai, 200240, China
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Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Shanghai, 200071, China
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Siping Central People's Hospital
Siping, 136000, China
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Soka Sugiura Naika Clinic
Saitama, Soka, 340-0034, Japan
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Solaris Clinical Research
Meridian, Idaho, 83646, United States
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Southern Clinical Trials Tasman
Nelson, 7011, New Zealand
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Southgate Medical Group/ Southgate Medical Park
West Seneca, New York, 14224, United States
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Stouffville Medical Research Institute Inc.
Stouffville, Ontario, L4A 1H2, Canada
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StudyCor Oy
Jyväskylä, 40620, Finland
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StudyMetrix Research, LLC
City of Saint Peters, Missouri, 63303, United States
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Suzhou Municipal Hospital
Suzhou, 215002, China
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Texas Diabetes and Endocrinology
Austin, Texas, 78731, United States
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The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon St.Mary's Hospital
Bucheon-si, 14647, South Korea
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The Catholic University of Korea, Yeouido St.Mary's Hospital
Seoul, 07345, South Korea
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology
Luoyang, 471000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University
Xi'an, 710077, China
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The First Hospital of Jilin University
Changchun, 130021, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, 210011, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
Zhengzhou, 100029, China
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The Wharton Medical Clinic Clinical Trials Inc.
Hamilton, Ontario, L8L 5G8, Canada
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Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Tianjin, 30052, China
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Trial Management Associates
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29572, United States
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Trowbridge Health Centre
Trowbridge, BA14 8LW, United Kingdom
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UZ Leuven
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Groningen, 9713 EZ, Netherlands
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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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Valley Weight Loss Clinic
Fargo, North Dakota, 58104, United States
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Velocity Clinical Research - Binghamton
Binghamton, New York, 13905, United States
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Velocity Clinical Research-Sioux City-69728
Sioux City, Iowa, 51106, United States
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Velocity Clinical Research-Valparaiso-68883
Valparaiso, Indiana, 46383, United States
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Velocity Nova Sp z o.o.
Puławy, 24-100, Poland
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ViaCar Recherches Cliniques Inc. (Greenfield Park)
Greenfield Park, Quebec, J4V 2G8, Canada
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Waterloo Medical Centre
Blackpool, FY4 3AD, United Kingdom
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West Orange Endocrinology
Ocoee, Florida, 34761, United States
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Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States
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