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Why Semaglutide is an inflection point for India’s generics sector?

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Why Semaglutide is an inflection point for India’s generics sector?

More than a supply chain issue and missing the first mover status, Semaglutide episode has rather exposed systemic chinks and could prove costly for India’s pharmaceutical industry, which supplies about 20% of the world’s generic medicines by volume. With the expiry of Novo Nordisk’s primary patent in India this March, Semaglutide — the active ingredient…

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Can GLP-1 generics fix India’s obesity epidemic, which goes beyond body size?

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Can GLP-1 generics fix India’s obesity epidemic, which goes beyond body size?

Mukta Dhond at her residence in Khar, Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Mukta Dhond has a new monthly ritual. “I have to take my 20 pairs of jeans to the tailor for size alterations,” says the 49-year-old Mumbai-based television producer. A single mother who has been battling obesity for a large part of her…

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Popular Weight Loss Drug Ozempic Could Increase Risk Of Blindness, Study Says

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Popular Weight Loss Drug Ozempic Could Increase Risk Of Blindness, Study Says

Recent studies have uncovered a frightening association between the popular diabetes and weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, with a rare eye disorder that may cause blindness. A study, published in the medical journal JAMA Ophthalmology, reported that individuals on those drugs containing semaglutide have a much larger percentage chance of acquiring NAION, or, more…

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