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'King Kong' of weight loss jabs just too effective for the NHS

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Patients taking Mounjaro lose around a fifth of their body weight in a year .

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence estimates there are 3.4 million people in England who could benefit.

But when draft guidelines came out earlier this year the NHS kicked back, saying services would be overwhelmed.

NICE has now backed down, so under new "final draft" guidance, just 220,000 people will be offered the drug.

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