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This hegemony is about to be permanently disrupted by a new mass market, chronic disease area, which unusually is seeing very high levels of out of pocket spend- in February 2024, Novo Nordisks CEO noted that in Europe, 80% of Wegovy sales so far were paid for out of pocket by patients- showing, against preconception, that European patients were as willing as Americans to pay for their own obesity medications 5

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Experiments conducted in the United Kingdom were performed in accordance with the UK Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, and experimental protocols were approved by the UCL Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (Bloomsbury Campus)

GLP-1s, first approved for type 2 diabetes in 2005, lower blood glucose, help avoid fatty liver disease, and help with obesity-related problems such as knee pain, sleep apnea, and gastroesophageal reflux

This study included 78 patients who received 10 mcg of subcutaneous lixisenatide once daily for 14 days, followed by 20 mcg once daily for the remainder of the 12-month period, and 78 patients who received placebo