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    The number of US employers who cover obesity medications, including Wegovy from Novo Nordisk that belongs to a class of GLP-1 drugs, could nearly double next year, according to a survey.

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    According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 30 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes, and 8 million of them do not know that they have the disease. Many people think that diabetes is a condition that affects only older people, but in 2012, there were 1.7 million new cases of diabetes found in people 20 or older. Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart […]

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    Armed with results from a phase 2 trial, Boehringer Ingelheim has said it will take its obesity drug candidate survodutide into a phase 3 programme later this year. The glucagon/GLP-1 receptor dual agonist – partnered with Zealand Pharma and also known as BI 456906 – achieved up to 19% weight loss in people living with overweight or obesity in a study presented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) congress in June. The two companies are in hot pursuit of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, currently

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