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Weight-Loss Drugs Could Cost Just $3 a Month to Make as Patents End


A blockbuster anti-obesity and diabetes drug could cost as little as $3 per month to manufacture once it goes off patent later this month, researchers said Friday, providing a major opportunity to boost health in low and middle-income countries.

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