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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. weight reduction in obese individuals, as per its label. In the US, most private health insurers have been slow to cover the cost of anti-obesity therapeutics.

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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. weight reduction in obese individuals, as per its label. In the US, most private health insurers have been slow to cover the cost of anti-obesity therapeutics.