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Obesity drugs: a lifeline for global healthcare systems

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27 September 2024 |
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1 https://www.hermes-investment.com/uploads/2024/04/9d035d814164c6c6874974b1eb1a758a/fhl-sustainable-global-equities-2023-march-2024.pdf

2 https://www.hermes-investment.com/uploads/2024/04/9d035d814164c6c6874974b1eb1a758a/fhl-sustainable-global-equities-2023-march-2024.pdf

3 https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/6cc2aacc-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/6cc2aacc-en

4 https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo2012114

5 https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/6cc2aacc-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/6cc2aacc-en

6 https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/251798/more-than-billion-people-living-with/#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20an%20estimated159%20million,the%20same%20group%20in%202017.

7 https://www.who.int/news/item/01-03-2024-one-in-eight-people-are-now-living-with-obesity

8 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an international governmental organization with 38 member countries.

9 https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/6cc2aacc-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/6cc2aacc-en#:~:text=Overweight%20is%20associated%20with%20a,treating%20overweight%20and%20related%20conditions.

10 https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html#:~:text=Obesity%20is%20a%20common%2C%20serious%2C%20and%20costly%20disease&text=These%20are%20among%20the%20leading,%24173%20billion%20in%202019%20dollars.

11 https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/comment-weight-loss-drug-semaglutide#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt%20works%20by%20mimicking%20the,and%20stopping%20us%20from%20overeating.

12 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032183

13 https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2668

14 https://www.kidneyfund.org/article/study-results-show-promising-effects-semaglutide-people-diabetic-kidney-disease#:~:text=The%20results%20from%20a%20recent,living%20with%20diabetic%20kidney%20disease.

15 https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/trc2.1226

16 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2812769

17 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38251405/#:~:text=All%20studies%20evaluated%20the%20outcomes,%2Dhypopnoea%20index%20(AHI).

18 https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/gs-research/weighing-the-glp1-market/report.pdf

19 https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/gs-research/weighing-the-glp1-market/report.pdf

20 https://www.nomuraconnects.com/focused-thinking-posts/chinese-pharma-to-ride-on-the-global-glp-1-drugs-bonanza/

21 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/09/big-pharma-blockbuster-obesity-drug-battle-is-headed-for-100-billion.html#:~:text=Barclays%20predicts%20a%20%24100%20billion,treatments%20for%20dementia%20and%20addiction.

23 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-024-01473-y

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