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By the 1970s, rapid growth in drug spending led health plans to spin off pharmacy benefits into the PBM industry
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The New Stack Signal: Metabolic Obesity, Earlier Onset Obesity Exploding in Metros 24% of metro population obese (40M people) Metro obesity = 5x rural rates Moving AWAY from WHO targets Source: BBC Coverage Type 2 Diabetes Statistics
The metabolic health improvements matter
Reddy's Laboratories and Sun Pharma, two of India's largest pharmaceutical companies, have submitted applications to Health Canada seeking approval to market generic semaglutide in Canada