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Novo’s Obesity Drug Wegovy Skips May Listing, Sobi’s Empaveli Too
Novo Nordisk took a pass on the reimbursement listing later this month of its GLP-1 agent Wegovy (semaglutide), which was approved in Japan in March as the first obesity drug in three decades, it has been learned. Wegovy was not…
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