Insurance coverage for Ozempic versus other GLP1 medications may vary
Competing Interests Professor Melanie Davies has acted as a consultant/advisor and speaker for Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, has attended advisory boards for Abbvie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Biomea Fusion, Carmot/Roche, Sanofi, Zealand Pharma Regeneron, GSK and EktaH and as a speaker for AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim
They can also lead to weight loss by reducing the appetite and delaying gastric emptying [1]

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