Will Radius Health's Abaloparatide Data Do The Trick In Osteoporosis?
Executive Summary
Abaloparatide looks better for improving bone mass with less hypercalcemia than Lilly's first-in-class Forteo in the Phase III ACTIVE study, but it remains to be seen whether this will be enough to get ahead in the increasingly crowded osteoporosis market.
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