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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the past, obesity medications were often dismissed due to insufficient efficacy data and the fact that they were associated with a high occurrence of side effects. The company’s weight loss drug Saxenda (liraglutide) won an approval for chronic weight management in December 2014, and Wegovy (semaglude) got the same tag in 2021.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the past, obesity medications were often dismissed due to insufficient efficacy data and the fact that they were associated with a high occurrence of side effects. The company’s weight loss drug Saxenda (liraglutide) won an approval for chronic weight management in December 2014, and Wegovy (semaglude) got the same tag in 2021.

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