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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the US, obesity care is estimated at to cost $147 billion in healthcare spending annually. 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.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the US, obesity care is estimated at to cost $147 billion in healthcare spending annually. 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.

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