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India’s copycat drugmakers gear up to offer cheaper weight-loss drugs

Expiry of Novo Nordisk’s UK patent for Saxenda seen as offering a ‘dry run’ for future generic versions of Ozempic

India’s powerful copycat pharmaceutical industry is set to roll out generic weight-loss drugs in the UK within weeks, with one leading producer forecasting a “huge price war” that could widen access to the popular medicines.

Bengaluru-based Biocon is the first company to win UK authorisation to offer a generic version of Novo Nordisk’s Saxenda weight treatment and is ready to launch sales by November.

Saxenda is an older drug of the same GLP-1 drug class as the Danish company’s popular Ozempic diabetes treatment and Wegovy weight-loss medication.

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