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Eli Lilly set to win battle of the bulge

New medication has emerged to fight obesity, and the evidence suggests it is by far the best yet. Those who took it in clinical trials lost a significant 22.5% of their body weight on average, 50% more than the nearest rival. These game-changing results have attracted so much interest that analysts think US pharmaceutical giant may be sitting on what could be the

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