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Payments made to U.S. doctors suggest an influence campaign by Novo Nordisk to promote its weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Saxenda, an investigative report by Reuters has found. The analysis showed that Novo spent approximately $26 million in payments to physicians in the U.S., with that number certain to be higher if another weight-loss drug, Ozempic, were included.

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