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Are new weight loss drugs an answer or problem?

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Worldwide obesity rates have tripled since 1975, with 650 million adults obese in 2016, according to the World Health Organization. But before the company can make Wegovy mainstream, it has to convince doctors to prescribe it and insurers and governments to pay for it. In addition, doctors may not be ready to prescribe the drug.

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How Pharmacogenomics may finally realise its promise

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More than 60 percent of all American adults take prescription drugs , amounting to approximately 131 million individuals. In 2016, the estimated annual cost of drug-related morbidity and mortality resulting from non-optimised medication therapy was $528.4 billion in the United States alone.