Alternatives to costly Wegovy and Saxenda will make such treatments more widely available worldwide
Ozempic maker invests $4bn to meet US ‘skinny jab’ demand
Medicines that enable dramatic weight loss are likely to experience a new boom in uptake, experts have said, as the first generic versions hit the market this week at a lower cost than the original drugs.
The injections, dubbed “skinny jabs” by the media, can help people lose more than 10% of their body weight and have become hugely popular in recent years, with celebrities lauding their effects.
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