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How Ozempic is upending the weight-loss industry

How Ozempic is upending the weight-loss industry

FromThe Fin


How Ozempic is upending the weight-loss industry

FromThe Fin

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Aug 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week in The Fin podcast, technology writer Nick Bonyhady and health editor Jill Margo on how Ozempic has upended the weight-loss industry, the companies trying to make money from it and the health risks threatening to derail its meteoric rise.
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The weight loss cycle: out with Jenny Craig, in with Ozempic Depending who you ask, Ozempic is “phenomenal” for patients or a “dangerous” way of losing weight. Either way, its arrival heralds a new model of medicine.
Eucalyptus changes tune and begins selling Ozempic Australia’s biggest weight loss drug selling start-up, Eucalyptus, has begun selling Ozempic after previously insisting it only sold medications specifically approved to help people shed kilograms.

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