Guardian Australia · Pharmaceuticals industry

Pharma firms’ focus on weight-loss drugs could put insulin supply at risk, experts warn

· By Juliakollewe
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GLP-1 products such as Ozempic and Mounjaro spread but many in poorer countries struggle to get basic diabetes treatmentThe gold rush into GLP-1 weight-loss drugs risks diverting pharmaceutical firms’ attention away from diabetes treatments such as insulin, the head of the Access to Medicine Foundation has warned.GL…

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