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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

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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. Furthermore, in order to make up for shortages Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, a version of semaglutide that is approved to treat type 2 diabetes, was used off-label for obese patients.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. Furthermore, in order to make up for shortages Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, a version of semaglutide that is approved to treat type 2 diabetes, was used off-label for obese patients.

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