China Develops a Homemade Drug to Fight Obesity
A resident uses exercise equipment in Shanghai.
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Hi, this is Amber in Hong Kong, where I spent the past month chatting with experts about their expectations of China’s newest weight loss drug. But before I explain …
Shawn Qu, an esteemed endocrinologist who has treated patients with obesity at many of China’s top hospitals, remembers the entire hospital’s excitement when Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s weight loss treatments became available in China less than a year ago.