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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Shanti Das and Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Revealed: experts who praised new ‘skinny jab’ received payments from drug maker

The ‘skinny jabs’ have been described as a gamechanger by clinical experts.
The ‘skinny jabs’ have been described as a gamechanger by clinical experts. Photograph: SerrNovik/Getty Images/iStockphoto

The drug giant behind weight loss injections newly approved for NHS use spent millions in just three years on an “orchestrated PR campaign” to boost its UK influence.

As part of its strategy, Novo Nordisk paid £21.7m to health organisations and professionals who in some cases went on to praise the treatment without always making clear their links to the firm, an Observer investigation has found.

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