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16/01/2023at 08:36

Obesity treatments catch drugmakers’ eyes as sales seen soaring

Novo Nordisk’s days of being alone to market an approved weight-loss drug are numbered as firms position themselves to split the market that’ll reach USD 30bn by 2030.
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By Robert Langreth and Emma Court, bloomberg

Three years ago, drugmakers and laboratories around the world responded to the pandemic with Covid-19 vaccines. Now that the urgency has faded, they’re collectively turning attention to an older pandemic: obesity. 

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