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"Most importantly, when you look at the global need, we expect that there are more than one billion people across the globe that are suffering from obesity," Jonsson said
The results from these trials were positive and eventually led to Wegovy receiving FDA approval as a chronic weight management medication in June 2021
Some doctors say microdosing is just off-label prescribinga centuries-old practice in which doctors meet patient needs with nonstandard medication doseswith a cute name
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This doesnt mean compounded versions have no clinical utility it means the published evidence base was built on the branded products specifically, and patients should understand that distinction