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There's no news of #Modi's visit to the #US when you turn on #CNN on TV in India.
So I looked up #NBC online.
I had to scroll past 11 screens to find any news of Modi's visit.
#XiJinping, on the other hand, was on the first screen.
These are the first six screens.
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So I looked up #NBC online.
I had to scroll past 11 screens to find any news of Modi's visit.
#XiJinping, on the other hand, was on the first screen.
These are the first six screens.
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Things more important than #Modi to the #USA:
1. Missing #titanicsubmarine
2. #Biden calls #Xi a dictator
3. Two people killed in #Georgia
4. Charges against #HunterBiden
5. Sweltering heat in #Texas
6. Judge strikes down #Arkansas ban on transition care for minors
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1. Missing #titanicsubmarine
2. #Biden calls #Xi a dictator
3. Two people killed in #Georgia
4. Charges against #HunterBiden
5. Sweltering heat in #Texas
6. Judge strikes down #Arkansas ban on transition care for minors
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1/n Neues Jahr, neue Vorsätze. Viele möchten -mal wieder- mehr Sport machen, zudem #Diät und #Abnehmen. Doch das erfordert Disziplin und ist mühsam. Wie wäre es stattdessen mit einer Spritze 1x/Woche? #ElonMusk macht es vor. Die Entwicklung ist bedenklich. Ein Thread 🧵👇🏻
2/n Auf Twitter schreibt Elon, dass er Diät mache u. zudem „Wegovy“ benutzt - wie auch Kim Kardashian. #Wegovy (Wirkstoff „Semaglutid“) ist ein sog. GLP-1-Rezeptoragonist der 1x pro Woche subkutan injiziert wird u. eigentl. bei Typ 2 Diabetes mellitus eingesetzte wird.
3/n #Liraglutid ist ein weiterer Vertreter dieser Gruppe u. führt ebenso zur Gew.abnahme. Es ist neben D.m. II auch zugelassen für „Adipositas als Ergänzung zu kalorienreduz. Ernährung […] zur Gewichtsregulierung bei BMI =/> 30 bei mind. 1 […] Begleiterkr. [z.B.Bluthochdruck]“
Obesity Market Overview
A deep dive into the unmet need, competitive landscape and future of treatment:
A deep dive into the unmet need, competitive landscape and future of treatment:
Obesity primer:
• Defined as BMI >30kg/m^2
• >750M patients globally, including ~40% of US adults --> expected to increase to 1B people / ~50% of US adults by 2030
• Linked to 1/5 US adult deaths
However, just ~2% of people (15M) are on anti-obesity medications (AOM)
• Defined as BMI >30kg/m^2
• >750M patients globally, including ~40% of US adults --> expected to increase to 1B people / ~50% of US adults by 2030
• Linked to 1/5 US adult deaths
However, just ~2% of people (15M) are on anti-obesity medications (AOM)
Obesity is the leading risk factor for diabetes & other metabolic diseases
For years, bariatric surgery was the primary interventional treatment (25-30% weight loss) as opposed to 1st gen drugs (5-8% weight loss)
Emerging therapies have closed this efficacy gap
For years, bariatric surgery was the primary interventional treatment (25-30% weight loss) as opposed to 1st gen drugs (5-8% weight loss)
Emerging therapies have closed this efficacy gap
