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Novo Nordisk sells hit weight-loss drug in China—at fraction of US price

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Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk , is sold for $ 265 in Canada , $ 186 in Denmark , $ 137 in Germany , $ 92 in the UK .

About 42 percent of US adults have obesity, and 9 percent have severe obesity.

Yale epidemiologists have estimated that more than 42,000 deaths could be averted each year in the US .