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Separately, the Business Group on Health reported that 10% of companies currently covering GLP-1s for weight management say they are unlikely to continue in 2027 for cost reasons

In clinical trials, gastrointestinal adverse events were reported in 63.4% of participants taking semaglutide, compared to 34.8% on placebo

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The Phase 2 trials enrolled people with type 2 diabetes, not type 1