{"id":132560,"date":"2025-07-10T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132560"},"modified":"2025-07-10T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:00:14","slug":"why-dozens-of-chinese-firms-are-joining-the-weight-loss-drugs-fray-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132560","title":{"rendered":"Why dozens of Chinese firms are joining the weight loss drugs fray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSales of weight-loss drugs in the West have soared in recent years, driven by the approval of a new class of more effective medication, the rapid growth in obese populations owing to poor diet and lack of exercise, and endorsements by celebrities and social media influencers.<br \/>\nIn China, over 60 late-stage drugs are undergoing clinical trials. In the coming years, these may compete with the products of incumbents such as Denmark\u2019s Novo Nordisk and US-based Eli Lilly, Boston-based global&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3317624\/svelteness-china-us150-billion-market-dozens-drug-producers-vying-it?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSales of weight-loss drugs in the West have soared in recent years, driven by the approval of a new class of more effective medication,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132560"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}