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24/01/2023at 10:07

Another bank impressed by early 2023 Wegovy prescriptions

US prescriptions for Novo Nordisk’s newest obesity drug, Wegovy, jumped two weeks into 2023, which Jyske Bank says indicate a strong sale.
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by marketwire, translated by daniel pedersen

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, an obesity medicine, has seen prescription growth in the first two weeks of January, reflecting strong sales, says Henrik Hallengreen Laustsen, senior analyst at Denmark’s Jyske Bank.

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