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Big Pharma targets $50B obesity drugs market as demand booms (ft.com)
3 points by yarapavan on Nov 27, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



This how you grow GDP:

- They sell you junk food for billions.

- If you get chronic disease -> they will forever sell you drugs for billions more.

- If you stop eating that junk, they will still sell you overpriced pseudo-healthy food (all the billion dollar fads)

- And now, even if you just get (a little) obese from all that food -> they got the magic pill ! they will sell you more drugs for $50bn.

Yay GDP is growing! and we should thank them for solving our health problems too!



Wegovy is being sold as a wonder drug.

A family member took it and was subjected to worst-hangover-ever non-stop gut-wrench puking for a week.

"Nausea" is listed as a side-effect...I think they are understating this.




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