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Weight-loss jab could be made for $3 a month, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Weight-loss jabs such as Wegovy could be made for just $3 a month, according to new analysis, potentially making the treatment available to millions in poorer countries as patents expire.

More than a billion people live with obesity worldwide, with rates rising fast in lower-income nations as they shift to westernised diets and more sedentary lifestyles.

The World Health Organization designated semaglutide – sold to treat obesity under the brand name Wegovy, and diabetes under the brand name Ozempic – as an essential medicine in September last year.

But global health leaders warned at the time that high prices were limiting access.

New research, published as a pre-print, suggests that semaglutide could be mass produced for $3 (about £2.35) for a monthly dose in its injectable form.

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[–] luciole@beehaw.org 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Man the corporate agro-industrial complex must be so excited about how the corporate pharmaceutical complex is pioneering for a humanity with limitless tolerance to fat and sugar. The shareholders will be delighted!

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago

This drug does the opposite. It reduces appetites so people eat less.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago

Uhmmm ... that's not how it works. It halts your fat and sugar absorbtion ... "tolerance" is not the word I would use to describe getting the screaming shits after eating too much fat and sugar.

The main feature is the appetite suppression ... that is VERY real.