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The weight-loss frenzy is making some pharma stocks much more volatile. Will the drama continue?

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Recent volatility in GLP-1 stocks has put the spotlight on the anxiety Wall Street has about the weight loss market.

The market is huge — a potential $150 billion a year by the end of the decade .

Any financial miss, or negative data of any kind, will trigger outsized sell-offs.

Yahoo Finance editor Jared Blikre contributed to this report. Follow him @SPYJared. Anjalee Khemlani is the senior health reporter at Yahoo Finance , covering all things pharma, insurance, care services, digital health, PBMs, and health policy and politics. That includes GLP-1s , of course. Follow Anjalee on most social media platforms @AnjKhem..