I didn’t realize China was dealing with so much diabetes, so quickly. China’s approach to public health is very paternalist. I wonder if and how they will address this. Metabolic health issues are very expensive and have a lot of consequences.

I didn’t realize China was dealing with so much diabetes, so quickly. China’s approach to public health is very paternalist. I wonder if and how they will address this. Metabolic health issues are very expensive and have a lot of consequences. https://x.com/doctorinigo/status/1782984271785070736

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It seems like they’re going to start blasting out GLP-1s in a big way very soon. https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/ozempic-is-taking-off-with-the-worlds-largest-obese-population-hint-it-isnt-the-u-s-a7c2498c#

Wow. This is fascinating. It seems like they have similar struggles as us too with drug allocation in terms of how to prioritize diabetics, etc. This is the worst these drugs will ever be too — will be interesting to see how this evolves with new drugs...