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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified obesity as a chronic disease. 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. of adults were overweight, 42.4% were obese, and 9.2% had severe obesity.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified obesity as a chronic disease. 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. of adults were overweight, 42.4% were obese, and 9.2% had severe obesity.

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