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00:00A different molecule as diabetes drug Ozempic, but in the same class.
00:05Novo Nordisk's weight loss medication Rigovi goes on sale in France from Tuesday.
00:11Clinical trials for the drug, which has been authorised for use in the European Union since
00:15January 2022, has seen drops of up to 15% of body weight.
00:21Injected daily, the active ingredient in the medication which suppresses hunger is at a
00:25higher dose for Rigovi than Ozempic, and it's a trend that's caught on.
00:31Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who's battled weight gain over the years, has openly spoken about
00:35its benefits.
00:36Actress and producer Mindy Kaling has been rumoured to have taken the medication to lose
00:40weight, but has remained tight-lipped.
00:43Comedian Amy Schumer admitted to taking Ozempic, but said she quickly stopped due to side effects.
00:49Every drug has a side effect, and we know that obese patients, when they lose a lot
00:54of weight, they lose their muscle mass, and that's really also very serious.
00:59Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk recently came into the crosshairs of American
01:05lawmakers with prices of its medications 15 times higher in the United States than in
01:11the United Kingdom.
01:12Novo Nordisk has already made billions of dollars in profit off of these products, and
01:17in the coming years will make billions more.
01:20Treat the American people the same way that you treat people all over the world.
01:27Stop ripping us off.
01:30Rigovi's price will not be fixed in France, but according to the company, will cost between
01:359 to 12 euros per day.
01:38According to British medical journal The Lancet, obesity affects one billion people around
01:43the world.