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Weight-loss jab could be made for $3 a month, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Weight-loss jabs such as Wegovy could be made for just $3 a month, according to new analysis, potentially making the treatment available to millions in poorer countries as patents expire.

More than a billion people live with obesity worldwide, with rates rising fast in lower-income nations as they shift to westernised diets and more sedentary lifestyles.

The World Health Organization designated semaglutide – sold to treat obesity under the brand name Wegovy, and diabetes under the brand name Ozempic – as an essential medicine in September last year.

But global health leaders warned at the time that high prices were limiting access.

New research, published as a pre-print, suggests that semaglutide could be mass produced for $3 (about £2.35) for a monthly dose in its injectable form.

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[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Lovely reply, friend!

I have a semi-bullshit theory that free-will if it does exist arises from some sort of quantum action inside the brain that we cannot fully understand or possibly even consciousness is some sort of funky quantum shit that goes on that we don't understand yet.

I came up with this idea for the 15 minutes that I actually understood how quantum mechanics worked, and I can't explain it to you now, so I apologize.