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Semaglutide's success in India will depend on affordability, rational prescribing, and integration into preventive care frameworks.
Efforts should focus on making semaglutide accessible and integrating it into broader health strategies.
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We argue that semaglutide’s success in India will depend on affordability through generic entry, rational prescribing, robust pharmacovigilance and integration into preventive care frameworks.
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Injectable Semaglutide (Wegovy) in India: Promise, Pitfalls and the Way Forward
Mehul Kaliya et al. · NMO journal · 2025
DOI 10.4103/jnmo.jnmo_55_25
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