Liesbeth van Rossum, a professor of obesity, internist, and chairman of the Overweight Netherlands Partnership, understands that the Healthcare Institute does not want to unnecessarily medicalize obesity
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In addition, the proportion of participants discontinuing treatment due to AEs was higher in those receiving survodutide than in those receiving placebo or semaglutide (15.9% vs 5.1% vs 4.0%, respectively)
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