"India and China alone represent about a quarter of the worlds adult obese population, and the availability of generic semaglutide will be a big shift in how these countries manage these populations." The market is ripe in countries where semaglutide goes off patent next year, as close to one-third of the worlds adults with obesity live in those countries, says Aurelio Arias, director of thought leadership at Iqvia, a health-information company
The FDA recently ordered producers to wind down the compounding of these drugs on the grounds that there were no longer the shortages of the originator drugs that had justified temporary concessions to ensure patients had access to the medications
Other sleepsupportive peptides (DSIP, Sermorelin, Ipamorelin, Epitalon are not approved for apnea treatment
The additional GIP receptor activation further enhances energy balance and fat metabolism
NHS funding for any future approved medicine would require a separate NICE technology appraisal