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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Roche to buy obesity-drug developer for $2.7 billion; Novo Nordisk paid U.S. doctors $26 million over a decade

The booming obesity market is attracting another player, as Roche plans to acquire Carmot Therapeutics and its weight loss drug candidates.
Source: Alex Hogan/STAT

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