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At least 15 Chinese drugmakers are developing generic versions of Novo 's diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss treatment Wegovy .
At least 11 semaglutide drug candidates from Chinese firms are in the final stages of clinical trials.
Novo Nordisk has high hopes that demand for its blockbuster drugs will surge in China .
China is estimated to have the world's highest number of people who are overweight or obese .
Supplies of both Wegovy and Zepbound remain constrained, but the companies have been increasing production. Zuo Ya-Jun , general manager of weight loss drugmaker Shanghai Benemae Pharmaceutical , said a product being competitive would depend on distinguishing features such as efficacy, durability of the treatment and a company’s sales abilities. "It will be a market with fierce competition, but who will be [the leader] is hard to say," she said..
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