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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Sales soar at Danish firm behind weight-loss drug semaglutide

A box of Wegovy on top of a box of Ozempic
The drug semaglutide is marketed as Wegovy for obesity and Ozempic for diabetes. Photograph: Ida Marie Odgaard/EPA

The maker of blockbuster weight-loss drug semaglutide has reported a steep rise in sales and profits as health systems around the world rush to use it to tackle obesity.

Sales of the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk’s diabetes and obesity drugs rose from 113bn Danish kroner (£13.2bn) in the nine months to the end of September 2022 to 154bn kroner for the same period in 2023.

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