India’s cheap weight-loss drugs are going global

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  For millions of people living with obesity, weight loss drugs have been hailed as a game changer.

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  They're known as GLP ones, but you might have heard of the trade names like Manjaro, Bogovi, Zempik,

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  and so far they've only been made by two companies in Denmark and in the US.

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  India has one of the highest obesity rates in the world and demand

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  for them there is really high but until now they've been quite expensive.

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  Now India is able to produce cheaper copies of the drugs but there are concerns

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  that with costs coming down more people might use them for cosmetic reasons too.

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  So How will India producing cheaper weight loss drugs change the global market?

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  Is it a public health breakthrough or a new and growing weight loss craze?

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  I'm Hannah and this is What in the World from the BBC World Service.

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