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September 8, 2023

Ozempic wars — how weight-loss drugs have become a new goldrush in healthtech

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic have taken the US by storm and now startups are racing to win the European market


Tim Smith

6 min read

Anyone with half an eye on celebrity news will have heard about Ozempic or Wegovy by now. The “miracle” weight-loss injections have been used by the likes of “ripped” entrepreneur Elon Musk and comedian Amy Schumer. 

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Magnus Isacson, chairman of the Swedish Association of General Practice
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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