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    Study: ‘gamechanger’ diabetes drugs cost up to 400 times more than needed

    Drug companies urged to ‘release stranglehold’ on medicines such as Ozempic and Trulicity, as millions are priced out of treatment https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/28/drug-companies-diabetes-drugs-medicines-ozempic-trulicity Global Development section of The Guardian...
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    Help with Semaglutide Side Affects

    I've been taking Semaglutide for number of months now and I'm crippled with trapped wind all the time. I just wondered if anyone else has trouble in a similar way and if they have any advice on how to minimise the side effects or how to best deal with it. I just don't want to eat as I know each...
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    Novo bags first approval for once-weekly diabetes drug

    Novo Nordisk has garnered its first global approval for its once-weekly diabetes therapy Ozempic in the US. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug’s use alongside diet and exercise to improve glycaemic control in adults with type II diabetes. Ozempic (semaglutide) is a...
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    Drug can dramatically reduce weight of people with obesity

    A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with clinical obesity, according to new research. On average, people lost 5kg (11lbs) over a 12 week period after receiving weekly doses of semaglutide, a compound currently being...
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    Ailing Novo Seeks Cure With Diabetes Drug That May Fight Fat Too

    Novo Nordisk A/S has a potent new medicine that Chief Executive Officer Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen is counting on to nurse the drugmaker back to health. The experimental treatment, called semaglutide, should go on sale next year as an injection for diabetes. But that’s only the first step of...
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